03872cam a2200373 4500 529656426 TxAuBib 20211108120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781483073194 148307319X 3e0f0758-f818-4c48-a521-bab693ab1ca4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9781982415280 9781982415280 658992 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rothkopf, David. Power, Inc [Libby] : The Epic Rivalry between Big Business and Government—and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead. Blackstone Publishing, 2012. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 455MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 455MB. Politics. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>The world's largest company, Wal-Mart Stores, has revenues higher than the gross domestic product of all but twenty-five of the world's countries. Its employees outnumber the populations of almost one hundred nations. The world's largest asset manager, a New York company called BlackRock, controls assets greater than the national reserves of any country on the planet. A private philanthropy, the Gates Foundation, spends as much worldwide on health care as the World Health Organization.<br /> <br /> The rise of private power may be the most important and least understood trend of our time. Power, Inc. provides a fresh, timely look at how we have reached a point where thousands of companies have greater power than all but a handful of states. Beginning with the story of an inquisitive Swedish goat wandering off from his master and inadvertently triggering the birth of the oldest company still in existence, Power, Inc. follows the rise and fall of kings and empires, the making of great fortunes, and the chaos of bloody revolutions. A fast-paced tale in which champions of liberty are revealed to be paid pamphleteers of moneyed interests and greedy scoundrels trigger changes that have lifted billions from deprivation, Power, Inc. traces the bruising jockeying for influence right up to today's financial crises, growing inequality, broken international system, and battles over the proper role of government and markets.<br /> <br /> Rothkopf argues that these recent developments, coupled with the rise of powers like China and India, may not lead to the triumph of American capitalism that was celebrated just a few years ago. Instead, he considers an unexpected scenario, a contest among competing capitalisms offering different visions for how the world should work, a global ideological struggle in which European and Asian models may have important advantages. An important look at the power struggle that is defining our times, Power, Inc. also offers critical insights into how to succeed in the years ahead.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Hughes, William B, 1875-1955. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/658992-PowerInc.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/658992-PowerInc.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3E0F0758-F818-4C48-A521-BAB693AB1CA4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/658992-PowerInc.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/658992-PowerInc.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3E0F0758-F818-4C48-A521-BAB693AB1CA4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)