The corporatization of America
Book - 2023
"Anthology of viewpoints debating and exploring America's relationships with corporations"--
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- Published
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Buffalo, NY :
Greenhaven Publishing, LLC
2023.
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- 176 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781534509238
9781534509245
- The Importance of Opposing Viewpoints
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Do Corporations Have Too Much Power?
- Chapter Preface
- 1. Today's Companies Need to Focus on Long-Term Values
- 2. Corporations Can Be a Force for Good in Fighting Climate Change
- 3. Emphasis on Short-Term Profits Is Incompatible with Addressing Climate Change
- 4. To Truly Do Good, Businesses Need to Overhaul Their Business Models and Corporate Cultures
- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography
- Chapter 2. Is Corporate Power a Danger to Democracy?
- Chapter Preface
- 1. For Public Media to Serve the Public, It Must Get More Government Funding
- 2. Corporate and Government Control of Media Stifles Democracy and Crushes Dissent
- 3. Democracy Is Good for Business
- 4. Corporations Have Too Much Power, Americans Say
- 5. More Funding for Public Media Would Help, but Not Enough to Heal Americas Political Divide
- 6. Repairing Media Could Help Repair Democracy
- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography
- Chapter 3. Does Corporate Influence Taint Medicine and Scientific Research?
- Chapter Preface
- 1. The Drug Industry Manipulates Scientific Research
- 2. Corporate Corruption of Medical Science Is Deeper than Just Funding
- 3. The Public Doesn't Trust Scientific Research When Companies Are Involved
- 4. When Health Care Is a Business, Patients Can Suffer at the Expense of Revenue
- 5. Health Care Markets Need Just the Right Amount of Regulation
- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography
- Chapter 4. Do Tech Companies Have Too Much Power?
- Chapter Preface
- 1. Americans Shouldn't Be Dependent on the Generosity of the Wealthy, but the Need for Big Philanthropy Is Here to Stay
- 2. Fake News Endangers Democracy
- Center for Information Technology and Society
- 3. Americans Who Get News Mainly on Social Media Are Less Knowledgeable and Less Engaged
- 4. Banning Users Is Not a Violation of the First Amendment by Big Tech
- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography of Books
- Index