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The program charts the spectacular rise of the business corporation as a dramatic, pervasive presence in our everyday lives. A timely, entertaining critique of global conglomerates.

Spinrad, N. The age of invention.--McComas, J.F. Brave new word.--Pohl, F. The tunnel under the world.--Griffith, A.W. Captive audience.--Jakes, J. The sellers of the dream.--Ballard, J.G. The subliminal man.--Asimov, I. Dreaming is a private thing.--Silverberg, R. Company store.--Williams, R. Business as usual, during alterations.--Reynolds, M. Criminal in utopia.--Phillifent, J.T. Owe me.--Clarke, A.C. Patent pending.--Dick, P.K. Captive market.--Sheckley,...

Traces the rise of private power while explaining that thousands of companies have greater power than all but a handful of states, predicting struggles between major capitalist interests that are introducing new visions about how the world should work. The world's largest company, Wal-Mart stores, has revenues higher than the GDP of all but twenty-five of the world's countries. Its employees outnumber the populations of almost a hundred nations....

Traces the rise of monopolies from the railroad era to today's computer empires. The history of monopolies has been dominated by strong and charismatic personalities--this work tells the stories behind the individuals--from John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie to Harold Geneen and Bill Gates--who forged these empires with genius, luck, and an often ruthless disregard for fair competition. He also analyzes the viewpoints of their equally colorful...

In this edition of Moyers & Company, Bill speaks with Author and historian Steve Fraser about provisions in the new spending bill, drafted by Citigroup, that expand the amount of campaign donations wealthy donors can give, and lets banks off the hook for gambling with customer (and taxpayer) money. Fraser compares our current age with the First Gilded Age when people rose in rebellion against the powers that be. Today we do not see "that enormous...

Written in nontechnical terms, Big Business and the Wealth of Nations explains how the dynamics of big business have influenced national and international economies in the twentieth century. A path-breaking study, it provides the first systematic treatment of big business in advanced, emerging, and centrally planned economies from the late nineteenth century, when big businesses first appeared in American and West European manufacturing, to the present....

"How does a budding cartel boss succeed (and survive) in the $300 billion illegal drug business? By learning from the best, of course. From creating brand value to fine-tuning customer service, the folks running cartels have been attentive students of the strategy and tactics used by corporations such as Walmart, McDonald's, and Coca-Cola. And what can government learn to combat this scourge? By analyzing the cartels as companies, law enforcers might...