The People's Business: Controlling Corporations and Restoring Democracy ~ Charlie Cray
- A lively and engaging mandate to fight back against corporate dominance, this book examines the very nature of corporate power, presenting a range of strategies to curtail it, and explaining how ordinary people can restore citizen control.
- Introduction by Ralph Nader.
Described in Powell's Books
More than ever before, large corporations wield an unjustifiably excessive influence over every aspect of life - economic, political, social, cultural, and environmental - feeding a rabid consumer culture that harms the environment, undermines a shared sense of national prosperity, and threatens ideals of a citizen-powered democracy. A lively and engaging mandate to fight back against corporate dominance, The People's Business examines the very nature of corporate power, presenting a range of strategies to curtail it, and explaining how ordinary people can restore citizen control.
Bringing together a coalition of leading authors, activists, scholars, and professionals, this book serves as a vital, clearheaded plan for strengthening individual rights, transforming corporations into engines of public prosperity, and creating a sustainable, life-respecting society where the people have the power. The book features an introduction by Ralph Nader.
Related:
Supreme Court's 'Radical and Destructive' Decision Hands Over Democracy to the Corporations, Liliana Segura, AlterNet
- One expert calls the Citizens United decision 'the most radical and destructive campaign finance decision in the history of the Supreme Court.'
- Why corporate personhood matters and what it means
In Landmark Campaign Finance Ruling, Supreme Court Removes Limits on Corporate Campaign Spending, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
- In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court rules corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money to elect and defeat candidates. One lawmaker describes it as the worst Supreme Court decision since the Dred Scott case justifying slavery. We speak with constitutional law professor, Jamin Raskin. [includes rush transcript]
- U.S. Government For Sale
- Molly Ivins: Time to go long (campaign finance reform)
