Global Dreams Imperial Corporations and the New World Order

by Barnet, Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9780684800271
• ISBN10: 0684800276
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-01
• Publisher: Touchstone

Summary

From Richard J. Barnet, coauthor of the groundbreaking bestseller Global Reach, and John Cavanagh comes an authoritative portrait of global corporations as they have evolved over the last twenty years.

Global Dreams focuses on five companies to reveal the far-reaching impact global corporations have on the world's economy, environment, and people. Today, 300 companies control about 25% of the world's productive assets and governments are losing control of their countries economies. This book illuminates these shadowy areas.

Author Biography

Richard Jackson Barnet is a scholar-activist who co-founded the Institute for Policy Studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Age of Globalization	p. 13
Global Images, Global Beat	p. 23
Global Dreams	p. 25
The Technology of Pleasure	p. 42
A Small Town Global Giant	p. 68
Of the Making of Books	p. 90
If Music Be the Food of Love	p. 112
Global Entertainment and Local Taste	p. 137
The Global Shopping Mall	p. 161
The Global Customer	p. 163
Marlboro Country	p. 184
The Global Grocer	p. 208
A Matter of Taste	p. 233
The Global Workplace	p. 257
Mass Production in Postmodern Times	p. 259
The New Division of Labor and the Global Job Crisis	p. 283
The Transformed Workplace	p. 310
Politics, Markets, and Jobs	p. 339
Global Money	p. 359
Bankers in a World of Debt	p. 361
Money Without a Home	p. 385
Global Finance and America's Banking Crisis	p. 403
Conclusion: Global Thinking in a Disorderly World	p. 419
Notes	p. 431
Selected Bibliography	p. 459
Index	p. 466
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