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The Rise of the Anti-Corporate Movement: Corporations and the People who Hate Them
Evan Osborne
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Paperback. Shows how corporations have evolved as an essential element of society, and how opposition to them is out of proportion - a fire fanned by anti-business activists, the media, and other groups. This book explains how corporations work and how they have evolved in the context of other institutions. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380. Series: Stanford Business Books. 264 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KJV. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight: 380.
Against the backdrop of Enron and other high-profile cases of corporate malfeasance, it is easy to paint today's executives as villains--to blame big business, and corporations generally, for a wide array of social ills. Is the criticism warranted? Not quite, says Evan Osborne.
In this provocative book, Osborne pulls back the curtain to illuminate how corporations have evolved as an essential element of society, and how opposition to them is out of proportion—a fire fanned by anti-business activists, the media, and other groups. He sets the record straight, explaining how corporations work and how they have evolved in ... Read more
Against the backdrop of Enron and other high-profile cases of corporate malfeasance, it is easy to paint today's executives as villains--to blame big business, and corporations generally, for a wide array of social ills. Is the criticism warranted? Not quite, says Evan Osborne.
In this provocative book, Osborne pulls back the curtain to illuminate how corporations have evolved as an essential element of society, and how opposition to them is out of proportion—a fire fanned by anti-business activists, the media, and other groups. He sets the record straight, explaining how corporations work and how they have evolved in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804762458
SKU
V9780804762458
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About Evan Osborne
Evan Osborne is Professor of Economics at Wright State University. He has written for such publications as tthe Journal of Legal Studies, Public Choice,the Cato Journal, the Journal of Sports Economics, and Economic Development and Cultural Change.
Reviews for The Rise of the Anti-Corporate Movement: Corporations and the People who Hate Them
"[Osborne] presents a reasoned, forceful rebuttal to [Anti-Corporate Movement (ACM)] assertions, nevertheless arguing that corporations are not perfect, nor is government regulation. . . Highly recommended."
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