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<P><FONT color=#800080>The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power </FONT></P>

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<P>Publisher:   Free Press<BR>Number Of Pages:   240<BR>Publication Date:   2005-03-01<BR>Sales Rank:   35744<BR>ISBN / ASIN:   0743247469<BR>EAN:   9780743247467<BR>Binding:   Paperback<BR>Manufacturer:   Free Press<BR>Studio:   Free Press<BR>Average Rating:   4.5</P>
<P><BR>Over the last 150 years the corporation has risen from relative obscurity to become the world's dominant economic institution. Eminent Canadian law professor and legal theorist Joel Bakan contends that today's corporation is a pathological institution, a dangerous possessor of the great power it wields over people and societies.</P>
<P>In this revolutionary assessment of the history, character, and globalization of the modern business corporation, Bakan backs his premise with the following observations:</P>


<P>The corporation's legally defined mandate is to pursue relentlessly and without exception its own economic self-interest, regardless of the harmful consequences it might cause to others. <BR> </P>
<P>The corporation's unbridled self-interest victimizes individuals, society, and, when it goes awry, even shareholders and can cause corporations to self-destruct, as recent Wall Street scandals reveal. <BR> </P>
<P>Governments have freed the corporation, despite its flawed character, from legal constraints through deregulation and granted it ever greater authority over society through privatization. <BR> </P>
<P>But Bakan believes change is possible and he outlines a far-reaching program of achievable reforms through legal regulation and democratic control.</P>
<P>Featuring in-depth interviews with such wide-ranging figures as Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, business guru Peter Drucker, and cultural critic Noam Chomsky, The Corporation is an extraordinary work that will educate and enlighten students, CEOs, whistle-blowers, power brokers, pawns, pundits, and politicians alike.</P>
<P><BR>Review:</P>
<P>Excellent, Honest, and Accurate Text about Corporations</P>
<P>This book is needed in a world where corporations have become more powerful than states. It is an honest reflection on what corporations are and what they do. The "evilness" is very accurate and can be researched through recorded historical precedents. It is no mystery or surprise that corporations are only interested in profit and nothing else. These institutions need to be understood for what they are. If they can be changed, people need to understand the corporate mandate for success and survival and recognize that it needs changing. It is the drive for profit that is destroying people and the world, and Bakan does an excellent job in analyzing this in clear, accurate language. Anyone who believes that this text is incorrect should spend some time in the real world, examining and studying the way these institutions operate and get away with murder, destruction, and theft. </P>
<P>This text cannot be recommended enough. Anyone who is interested in truth should read this book.</P>