Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy [Paperback]

The corporation has become the core institution of the modern world. Designed to seek profit and power, it has pursued both with endless tenacity, steadily bending the framework of law and even challenging the sovereign status of the state.

After selling his successful computer book publishing business to a large corporation, Ted Nace felt increasingly driven to find answers to questions about where the corporation came from, how it got so much power, and where it is going. InGangs of Americahe details the rise of corporate power in America through a series of fascinating stories, each organized around a different facet of the central question: “How did corporations get more rights than people?” Nace traces the events and people that have shaped the modern corporation to give us a fascinating look into the rise of corporate power.Introduction
One How Did Corporations Get So Much Power?
Two From Street Fights to Empire
Three The Ultimate Reality Show
Four Why the Colonists Feared Corporations . . .
Five . . . And What They Did About It
Six The Genius
Seven Superpowers
Eight The Judge
Nine The Court Reporter
Ten The Lavender-Vested Turkey Gobbler
Eleven Survival of the Fittest
Twelve The Revolt of the Bosses
Thirteen Speech = Money
Fourteen Judicial Yoga
Fifteen Crime Wave
Sixteen Global Rule
Seventeen Fighting Back
Eighteen Intelligent, Amoral, Evolving
Nineteen So What’s the Alternative?
Appendix A Supreme Court Decisions
Appendix B The Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment
Notes
Reference
Index
About the Author“An important and highly accessible book about the legal and political environments that shaped the modern corporation. Highly recommended.”
—Choice

“A joy to read . . . clear, straight-forward, and very accessible . . . one of those books that can awaken people’s consciousness.”
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