The Corporation
Subtitle: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Publisher: Free Press
Published: March 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780743247467
Subjects: General; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business Ethics; Corporate & Business History - General; Corporate Finance; Business & Economics / General
First sentence: Over the last 150 years the corporation has risen from relative obscurity to become the world's dominant economic institution.
Description: A profile of the modern corporation theorizes that businesses are essentially pathological in nature and place profits above accountability, citing the flaws of such practices as deregulation and privatization.