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COM.ONIXSUITE.9781611453485 03 01 Arcade Publishing 01 GCOI 55970100604700 01 SKU 611348 02 1611453488 03 9781611453485 15 9781611453485 11 BC 1 A01 Rowland, Wade Wade Rowland <strong>Wade Rowland</strong> is the author of more than a dozen books. He is assistant professor of communication and culture at Atkinson College of York University in Toronto. He and his wife, Christine, live near Port Hope, Ontario. 01 eng 292 00 292 03 BUS070000 10 BUS016000 24 Internet Current Events 01 <p>Why is it that multinational drug companies hide or falsify unfavorable results? Why do automakers knowingly sell us unsafe cars? Why is big business allowed to poison our environment—and us? Why is our food so unhealthy, with obesity growing at such an alarming rate? Why are we working such long hours and enjoying life less? This timely and important book places the blame for much of what ails contemporary society squarely on one institution: the modern publicly traded corporation, which enjoys the legal status of an individual but does not seem bound by the same legal and moral responsibilities, or, in fact, by its nature that is brutally and implacably selfish.</p><p>While recognizing the positive contributions corporations have made over the past two centuries to science, technology, and medicine, Rowland examines the greed at the core of it all and pinpoints what went wrong and how we can free ourselves from the “Greed is good” syndrome.</p> 02 Greed, Inc. is a seething indictment of modern corporations that enjoy the legal status of individuals but are not bound by the same legal and moral... 08 “Rowland shows just how strange, unnerving, and dangerous the ideological foundations of corporations can be, and mounts a stimulating challenge to conventional political economy.” 08 “A stimulating and satisfyingly outrageous collection of corporate misdeeds.” 08 “Rowland has brilliantly excavated the ideological foundations of today’s business corporation, revealing an inherently inhuman institution inimical to any kind of morality.” David Noble, author of America by Design 04 03 72 01 http://www.arcadepub.com/resources/titles/55970100604700/images/55970100604700L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.arcadepub.com/resources/titles/55970100604700/images/55970100604700S.jpg http://www.arcadepub.com/book/?GCOI=55970100604700 Arcade Publishing 01 Skyhorse Publishing 04 20120415 02 AS GU MP PH PR US VI 03 ROW 01 0.8285226 in 02 0.5590032 in 03 0798576 in 07 6300065 National Book Company, Inc. http://www.wwnorton.com 02 WORLD AD AE AF AG AI AL AM AO CC AT AU AW AZ BA BB BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BN BT RS BW BY CA CX AQ CF CG CH CI CK CM CU CV GS CY CZ DE DJ DK DM DZ EE EG EH ER ES ES ET FI FJ FK FM FO FR GA GB GB GB GD GE GF GH GI GL GM GN GQ GR IO GW GY KP HR HT HU IE IL IN MO IQ IR IS IT JM JO KE KG KI KM KN KW KY KZ LB LC LI LK LR LS LT LU LV LY MA MC MD MG MH UM ML MM MN YT MQ MR MS MT MU MV MW MZ NA NC NE NF NG NL NL NO NP NR NU OM PA PF PF PG PG PK PL PM PN PT PW QA RE RO RU RU RW SA SB SC SD SE SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SR ST SY SZ TC TD BL TG TJ TK TM TN TO TR TT TV TZ UA UG UZ VA VC VG VU WF WS YE IM ZA ZM ZW ZW 02 Y 21 24 01 02 14.95 USD