| Description |
viii, 360 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-341) and index. |
| Contents |
The nature of community, values, and government -- The values we choose to live by -- Banding together for the common good : corporations, government, and the commons -- From the birth of American democracy through the birth of corporate personhood -- The Boston Tea Party revealed -- Jefferson's dream : the Bill of Rights -- The early role of corporations in America -- The deciding moment -- The corporate conquest of America -- Transnational corporations : the ghost of the East India Company rises again -- Unequal consequences -- Unequal uses for the Bill of Rights -- Unequal regulation -- Unequal protection from risk -- Unequal taxes -- Unequal responsibility for crime -- Unequal privacy -- Unequal citizenship and access to the commons -- Unequal wealth -- Unequal trade -- Unequal media -- Unequal influence -- Capitalists and Americans speak out for community -- Restoring democracy as the founders imagined it -- End corporate personhood -- A new entrepreneurial boom -- A democratic marketplace -- Restoring the global dream of government of, by, and for the people -- Our first steps forward -- A message from the President of the United States -- Revoking corporate personhood FAQ -- Model ordinances to rescind corporate personhood -- Constitutional amendments for each state. |
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Industrial policy -- United States -- History.
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Corporation law -- United States -- History.
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Business and politics -- United States -- History.
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Corporations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Human rights -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
1579546277 (hc : alk. paper) |
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