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Greed, Inc.
ISBN
9781628722048
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
20-10-2011
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Arcade
Auteur(s)
Wade Rowland

Greed, Inc.

Why Corporations Rule the World and How We Let It Happen

Wade Rowland
Leesfragment
€12,29
  • Why
  • is
  • it
  • that
  • multinational
  • drug
  • companies
  • hide
  • or
  • falsify
  • unfavorable
  • results?
  • Why
  • do
  • automakers
  • knowingly
  • sell
  • us
  • unsafe
  • cars?
  • Why
  • is
  • big
  • business
  • allowed
  • to
  • poison
  • our
  • environment-and
  • us?
  • Why
  • is
  • our
  • food
  • so
  • unhealthy,
  • with
  • obesity
  • growing
  • at
  • such
  • an
  • alarming
  • rate?
  • Why
  • are
  • we
  • working
  • such
  • long
  • hours
  • and
  • enjoying
  • life
  • less?
  • This
  • timely
  • and
  • important
  • book
  • places
  • the
  • blame
  • for
  • much
  • of
  • what
  • ails
  • contemporary
  • society
  • squarely
  • on
  • one
  • institution:
  • the
  • modern
  • publicly
  • traded
  • corporation,
  • which
  • enjoys
  • the
  • legal
  • status
  • of
  • an
  • individual
  • but
  • does
  • not
  • seem
  • bound
  • by
  • the
  • same
  • legal
  • and
  • moral
  • responsibilities,
  • or,
  • in
  • fact,
  • by
  • its
  • nature
  • that
  • is
  • brutally
  • and
  • implacably
  • selfish.While
  • recognizing
  • the
  • positive
  • contributions
  • corporations
  • have
  • made
  • over
  • the
  • past
  • two
  • centuries
  • to
  • science,
  • technology,
  • and
  • medicine,
  • Rowland
  • examines
  • the
  • greed
  • at
  • the
  • core
  • of
  • it
  • all
  • and
  • pinpoints
  • what
  • went
  • wrong
  • and
  • how
  • we
  • can
  • free
  • ourselves
  • from
  • the
  • Greed
  • is
  • good” syndrome.
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