EAN: 9781984899729

THE NEW CORPORATION - JOEL BAKAN KARTONIERT (TB)

A very important book  an arresting study directed to a central issue of the times. -Noam
Chomsky From the author of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power comes
this deeply informed and unflinching look at the way corporations have slyly rebranded
themselves as socially conscious entities ready to tackle society's problems  while CEO
compensation soars  income inequality is at all-time highs  and democracy sits in a precarious
situation. Over the last decade and a half  business leaders have been calling for a new kind
of capitalism. With income inequality soaring  wages stagnating  and a climate crisis
escalating  they realized that they had to make social and environmental values the very core
of their messaging. There is just one small problem with their new conscientious pitch:
corporations are still  first and foremost  concerned with their bottom-line. In lucid and
engaging prose  Joel Bakan lays bare a litany of dangerous corporate actions and documents how
increasing corporate freedom encroaches on individual liberty and democracy. Through deep
research and interviews with both top executives and their sharpest critics  he exposes the
inhumanity and destructive force of the current order-profit-driven privatization subverting
the public good  business-pressured governments neglecting duties to protect the environment
and citizens' rights  the increasing alienation we experience as every aspect of life is
economized  and how the novel Coronavirus pandemic reveals the unjust fault lines of our
corporate-led society. Beyond diagnosing major problems  in The New Corporation Bakan narrates
a hopeful path forward. He reveals how citizens around the world are fighting back and making
gains in ways that bolster democracy and benefit ordinary citizens rather than the corporate
elite.

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