| Description |
pages cm |
| Contents |
1. A corporate class -- 2. National influence -- 3. International coercion -- 4. Washington consensus down under -- 5. From public service to private profit -- 6. The trade agenda -- 7. Trade in services -- 8. Coercing trade agreements -- 9. Deregulating investment -- 10. Globalization versus democracy -- 11. Conclusion : the triumph of corporate rights |
| Summary |
"In this expose, Sharon Beder blasts open the backrooms and boardrooms to reveal how the international corporate elite dictate global politics for their own benefit. Beder shows how they created business associations and 'think tanks' in the 1970s to drive public policy, forced the worldwide privatization and deregulation of public services in the 1980s and 1990s (enabling massive transfer of ownership and control over essential services) and, still not satisfied, have worked relentlessly since the late 1990s to rewrite the very rules of the global economy to funnel wealth and power into their pockets."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Industrial policy.
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Corporations -- Political activity.
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Business and politics.
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| LC no. |
2005029039 |
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