Sentence:  In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. ... The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the <WSD>companies</WSD> they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.