{"product_id":"9781576753095","title":"The People's Business: Controlling Corporations and Restoring Democracy","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eDrutman, Lee; Cray, Charlie\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBerrett-Koehler Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/14\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eGiant corporations wield excessive influence over our lives, often with frightening consequences: environmental destruction, political corruption, increased polarization of wealth, and stagnating wages and benefits. The rampant epidemic of accounting fraud, tax avoidance, outsourcing and war  profiteering in recent  years  has reconfirmed the widespread conviction that corporations are getting increasingly out of control, with potentially dangerous consequences for the communities where they operate, their own employees and even for their owners, the shareholders. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe People’s Business\u003c\/i\u003e tells us what we can do to fight back. Drutman and Cray show how corporations achieved their current privileged position and offer a comprehensive approach for reforming them so that they serve as engines of public prosperity, rather than as the tools of private plunder. They present recommendations from the prestigious members of the Citizen Works Commission on Corporate Reform—which includes such notable members as Ralph Nader, David Korten, Herman Daly, Medea Benjamin, and many others—to outline a clear-headed plan of action to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Get corporations out of politics\u003cbr\u003e Establish truly public-minded regulation of corporate behavior\u003cbr\u003e Combat unfair market domination by a handful of large corporations\u003cbr\u003e Crack down on corporate crime\u003cbr\u003e Challenge the corporate claim to constitutional rights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bolstered with relevant history and recent examples, \u003ci\u003eThe People’s Business\u003c\/i\u003e details immediate measures for effectively reforming the corporation.","brand":"Berrett-Koehler Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43353403851007,"sku":"9781576753095","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781576753095_s600x595.jpg?v=1775596826","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781576753095","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}