The New Corporation

<b>A deeply informed and unflinching look at the way corporations have slyly rebranded themselves as socially conscious entities ready to tackle society's problems while CEO compensation soars income inequality is at all-time highs and democracy sits in a precarious situation.</b><br> <b>&#160;</b><br> &#147;A very important book an arresting study directed to a central issue of the times&#148; (Noam Chomsky) from the author of&#160;<i>The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power</i>.<br><br>Over the last decade and a half business leaders have been calling for a new kind of capitalism. With income inequality soaring wages stagnating and a climate crisis escalating they realized that they had to make social and environmental values the very core of their messaging. The problem is corporations are still first and foremost concerned with their bottom line.<br>&#160; &#160; &#160;In lucid and engaging prose Joel Bakan documents how increasing corporate freedom encroaches on individual liberty and democracy. Through deep research and interviews with both top executives and their sharpest critics he exposes the inhumanity and destructive force of the current order--profit-driven privatization subverting the public good governments neglecting duties to protect the environment the increasing alienation we experience as every aspect of life is economized and how the Covid-19 pandemic lays bare the unjust fault lines of our corporate-led society.<br>&#160; &#160; &#160;Beyond diagnosing major problems in <i>The New Corporation</i> Bakan narrates a hopeful path forward. He reveals how citizens around the world are fighting back and making gains in ways that bolster democracy and benefit ordinary citizens rather than the corporate elite.