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Freeing America from Corporate Rule
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2018
Summary
Since 1980, America has been run by a corporate regime that has co-opted both political parties and shifted sovereignty from “we the people” to trans-national corporations. The result has been job insecurity for millions of workers, debts as far as the eye can see, and a dangerous quest for global domination. Democracy itself has been undermined and the Constitution weakened. This regime must be overturned! And, as Charles Derber demonstrates in his provocative book, it can be. After all, Der…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781576752920 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1576752925 |
| Author: | DERBER |
| Publisher: | Berrett-Koehler |
| Imprint: | Berrett-Koehler |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 470g |
| Dimensions: | 224mm x 150mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Berrett-koehler |
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Critics Review
Praise for People Before Profit: “A provocative and stimulating work, directed to issues of the highest significance.”
“Writing in a punchy, buoyant style, with sidebars on “Corporate Superpowers” and profiles of downsized workers, Derber mixes classic populist motifs from Ralph Nader, Michael Moore and Hegel: the co-optation of the state by monied interests, the corruption and sameness of politicians, nostalgia for a now-trampled Constitution, and an oppressive sense that our lives are being marketed to us.”—Publishers Weekly
About The Author
DERBER
Charles Derber is Professor of Sociology at Boston College and former director of its graduate program on Social Economy and Social Justice. Derber received his undergraduate degree at Yale University and his PhD at the University of Chicago. He is a scholar in the field of political economy, international relations, and society, with eight internationally acclaimed books and major research grants from the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institutes of Mental Health.Derber’s books have been reviewed by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Washington Monthly, and other publications. His op-eds and essays appear in Newsday, The Boston Globe, and Tikkun, and he is interviewed frequently by Newsweek, Business Week, Time, Bloomberg, and The L.A. Times for stories about business and politics.
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