Corporate Power

Joel Bakan's book is a brilliantly argued account of the corporation's pathological pursuit of profit and power. An eminent law professor and legal theorist, Bakan contends that the corporation is created by law to function much like a psychopathic personality whose destructive behavior, if left unchecked, leads to scandal and ruin. Despite the structural failings found in the corporation, Bakan believes change is possible and outlines a far-reaching program of concrete, pragmatic, and realistic reforms through legal regulation and democratic control.

Explore the fascinating economic history of how a radical legal fiction became a global titan dictating modern business. Perfect for your morning commute, this investigative deep-dive transforms complex political and financial systems into an eye-opening narrative. Uncover the artificial entity...

"Halfway through and running out of markers—what a feat and, indeed, what a treat!" - Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture; Professor of International Law, author, The Trial of Julian Assange "In my household I have nominated this book as my Book of the Year. I read over 30 books a year in the course of my work, so it is in a good field.” - Professor Guy Standing, author, The Precariat "The most important book on the subject of 'changing the world' in print." - Roger Abbiss, Founder, Occupy Earth "An excellent, much-needed book by John Macgregor... A blueprint for essential ...

MICHAEL SAYLOR is sitting on $500 million in cash and watching it melt away with each passing second. From pondering a comfortable retirement by his Miami Beach pool to having his core beliefs about money and wealth permanently shattered, this is the story of a billionaire CEO who lit the fuse of a revolution in corporate finance, putting trillions of dollars of capital on notice. Curated from Michael Saylor’s most impactful speeches, interviews, and tweets, this book is the collected wisdom of one of the great thinkers of the 21st century. It lays out the principles, concepts, and ...

When perfume becomes poison, and desire becomes deadly... Julia Cavendish possesses the rarest gift in the fragrance world—a nose so perfect it can deconstruct any scent to its molecular truth. But this blessing is also her curse. Trapped in a soul-crushing job creating cheap knockoffs, Julia's hypersensitive gift threatens to drive her toward the same madness that destroyed her legendary perfumer grandmother. One devastating review of Gabriel de La Tour's latest fragrance changes everything. When Julia's brutal honesty costs her everything, she finds herself drawn into a deadly game that...

YOUR LIFE IS A CASUALTY, OR A CONQUEST. YOUR CHOICES HOLD THE POWER. BREAKING NEWS: If you suck at making decisions, your life will suck too. Stop waiting for the world to conspire in your favor. The world doesn’t care about your vision board, your pronouns, your deadbeat dad, or your PhD in Philosophy. It cares about one thing: The decisions you make every moment of the day, from what you eat for breakfast to how you spend your free time. The fact is, most people are prisoners of their own choosing, imprisoned by the siren song of "Easy.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New Yorker Best Books of 2022 Financial Times Best Books of 2022 The Economist Best Books of 2022 The dramatic rise—and unimaginable fall—of America's most iconic corporation by New York Times bestselling author and pre-eminent financial journalist...

Stop Letting Stress Control Your Life—Start Using the One Tool You Already Have You're not broken. You're just breathing wrong. Most stress management advice asks you to add more to your already-full plate. This book shows you how to work with what you're already doing 25,000 times a day—but consciously, strategically, and with precision. About the Author: Sowmiya Sree is a breath science researcher and Gold Medalist in Pharmacognosy who bridges ancient yogic wisdom with modern neuroscience. You know the feeling: chest tight, mind racing, energy crashing by 2 PM. You've tried meditation...

The algorithm decides who goes to prison. The database tracks who paid for the verdict. When forensic auditor Rachel Mercer uncovers a hidden file tied to SentinelScore—a powerful artificial intelligence used in courtrooms nationwide—she realizes a whistleblower’s fatal accident was actually a targeted assassination. The justice system is rigged. The verdicts are bought. And Rachel holds the only copy of the proof. Exposing a billion-dollar cover-up means going to war with an elite syndicate that has already killed to keep its secret secure. If she steps forward, she becomes their ...

Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it in a concise and visual format. In this revised and updated edition, the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * WINNER OF THE J ANTHONY LUKAS WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD *NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES, NPR, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL * FINALIST FOR THE FINACIAL TIMES/MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR...

Power is changing. Private corner offices and management by decree are out, as is unquestioned trust in the government and media. These former pillars of traditional power have been replaced by networks of informed citizens who collectively wield more power over their personal lives, employers, and worlds than ever before. So how do you navigate this new landscape and come out on top? Adam Grant, Wharton organizational psychologist, went to the World Economic Forum in Davos, the epicenter of power, and sat down with thought leaders from around the world, to find out.

An expert on the psychology of leadership and the bestselling author of Integrity, Necessary Endings, and Boundaries For Leaders identifies the critical ingredient for personal and professional wellbeing. Most leadership coaching focuses on helping leaders build their skills and knowledge and...

She had it all—until they took it from her. Now, she’s back to rewrite her destiny. Han Aria was the golden heiress of the Han Conglomerate, an empire built on secrets, lies, and blood. Betrayed by her fiancé, manipulated by her sister, and discarded by her father, she died with nothing but the bitter taste of betrayal on her lips. But death wasn't the end. It was her second chance. Waking up in the past, Aria realizes she has been given a rare gift: the knowledge to destroy the people who orchestrated her downfall. But to survive the cutthroat world of the chaebol elite, she needs an ...

"I died as a shadow, but I returned as the storm." In her first life, Kang Seo-yun was the ultimate victim. Despite being the biological daughter of the prestigious Kang Group family, she was treated as a lowly maid while an imposter—the cold and calculating Narae—stole her name, her inheritance, and her fiancé. Seo-yun’s life ended in the freezing rain on the steps of her father’s mansion, betrayed by everyone she ever loved. But fate has a wicked sense of justice. Waking up ten years in the past, Seo-yun is no longer the timid girl who begged for scraps of affection. Armed with ...

Eight or nine out of every ten businesses that go to market never sell. And the owners who do sell typically lose 30 to 50 percent of the price in fees and taxes. A $5 million business, sold the traditional way, leaves its owner with around $3 million. Twenty-five years of work, nearly half of it gone. Not to bad luck. To a game with rules nobody ever taught you. In late 2020, Marc Adams was diagnosed with stage four cancer and given six months to live.

A prominent senator assesses the destructive ideas that have seized the American spirit—and shows how the hidden alignments in our politics can free us from their hold. This program is read by the author. Today, the United States is in a crisis—and it’s not just a political one: over fifty...

Stop treating your conversations like a game you need to win, and start mastering the hidden architecture of true human connection. In the modern professional landscape, we treat communication like a mundane utility—a plumbing system where data flows from one pipe to another. We assume that as long as the information reaches its destination, the task is complete. This mechanical perspective is precisely why professional relationships stagnate, initiatives fail to gain traction, and costly misunderstandings proliferate. In "Powerful Conversations," author Michael Markuson delivers a ...

He came to Chicago to close the plant. She came prepared to fight him. Garrett Knox does not make emotional decisions. As a ruthless private equity partner, he trusts numbers, models, and outcomes. Meridian Steel is supposed to be simple: restructure the debt, close the facility, move on. Then Cait Doyle walks into the conference room three minutes late, carrying a folder thick enough to change everything. Cait represents the workers Garrett’s firm is ready to cut loose. She knows his methodology, his weaknesses, and the numbers his team missed. She has no intention of letting three ...

In this groundbreaking portrait of corporate seizure of political power, We the Corporations reveals how American businesses won equal rights and transformed the Constitution to serve the ends of capital. Corporations - like minorities and women - have had a civil rights movement of their own and now possess nearly all the same rights as ordinary people. Uncovering the deep historical roots of Citizens United, Adam Winkler shows how that controversial 2010 Supreme Court decision was the capstone of a 200-year battle....