{"product_id":"the-rise-of-the-anti-corporate-movement-corporations-and-the-people-who-hate-them-paperback","title":"The Rise of the Anti-Corporate Movement: Corporations and the People Who Hate Them - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEvan Osborne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst 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 the context of other institutions. He outlines the net benefits that corporations provide and where increasingly strident antibusiness arguments fail to stand up to scrutiny. The text investigates corporate influence over politics and the government; corporate influence in the media; corporate influence through marketing; some of the pros and cons of globalization; the extent to which business has responded to public demands for social responsibility; and the extent to which free commerce improves society. The result is a fascinating commentary on our love-hate relationship with business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvan Osborne is Professor of Economics at Wright State University. He has written for such publications as tthe \u003ci\u003eJournal of Legal Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublic Choice\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eCato Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Sports Economics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEconomic Development and Cultural Change.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52328477262098,"sku":"9780804762458","price":44.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/NwxPwPlgMR9780804762458.webp?v=1780296958","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/the-rise-of-the-anti-corporate-movement-corporations-and-the-people-who-hate-them-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}