The People's Business
Subtitle: Controlling Corporations and Restoring Democracy
Contributors: Ralph Nader (Foreword)
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Berrett-Koehler
Published: November 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781576753095
Subjects: Ownership & organization of enterprises; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Corporate governance; Business / Economics / Finance; Social aspects; Business & Economics; Industries - General; Business/Economics; Government & Business; Corporations; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Business & Economics / Industries; Business & Economics/Government & Business; Political Science / Economic Policy; Political Science/Public Policy - Economic Policy; United States; Corporate & Business History - General; Corrupt practices
First sentence: In March 2003, a new tobacco company called "Licensed to Kill, Inc." was incorporated by the state of Virginia.
Description: "The People's Business is about what ordinary citizens can do to curtail corporate power. The authors consider a wide spectrum of approaches - from fundamental shifts in how corporations are created and operate, to minor adjustments in corporate governance and regulatory fixes that directly address specific harms. While the approaches are diverse, they share a fundamental view of democracy as the antidote to corporate power - that the people, through the mechanisms of democratic self-governance, should decide the ground-rules by which the economy operates."--Jacket.