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Summary: You absolutely must read this book
Review: You are very likely to have worked for a corporation. You certainly get almost everything you eat, drink, read, watch and buy from corporations. These are very rich and increasingly powerful institutions. Through their ads, their news channels and their newspapers, you regularly hear about their good deeds and get their side of every story. This book powerfully presents the other side.Rather than being forces for good in the world, its central thesis is that their motivations and actions are (metaphorically) psychopathic - by their very legal and organizational structure, they are incapable of putting any concern ahead of their own self-interest. Any purportedly altruistic or generous actions can be understood as merely enlightened self-interest, carried out because of the financial benefit gained from any good will created. The strength of these arguments is underscored by the fact that they are acknowledged by the corporations themselves - when speaking honestly to their shareholders, rather than dishonestly through public relations spokespeople. This book achieves a rare balance between readability and factual substance. Like a fast-paced novel, I found it hard to put down. Although it makes bold, gutsy claims, it avoids bombastic rants, instead allowing the force of examples and interviews to carry its argument. (It is definitely worth seeing the movie too - details are at www.thecorporation.com.)
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