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The corporatization of America
Title:
The corporatization of America
Author:
Hurt, Avery Elizabeth, editor.
ISBN:
9781534509245
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
176 pages ; 23 cm.
Series:
Opposing viewpoints series

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Contents:
Introduction -- Do corporations have too much power? -- Today's companies need to focus on long-term values / Marc Goedhart and Tim Koller -- Corporations can be a force for good in fighting climate change / Matt Gitsham, Ajit Nayak, and Jonathan Gosling -- Emphasis on short-term profits is incompatible with addressing climate change / Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg -- To truely do good, businesses need to overhaul their business models and corporate cultures / Nishant Bagadia.

Is corporate power a danger to democracy? -- For public media to serve the public, it must get more government funding / Christopher Chavez -- Corporate and government control of media stifles democracy and crushes dissent / Data Leads -- Democracy is good for business / Sarah Repucci -- Corporations have too much power, Americans say / Pew Research Center -- More funding for public media would help, but not enough to heal America's political divide / Joshua Benton -- Repairing media could help repair democracy / Alina Ladyzhensky.

Does corporate influence taint medicine and scientific research? -- The drug industry manipulates scientific research / Richard Harris -- Corporate corruption of medical sciene is deeper than just funding / Sergio Sismondo -- The public doesn't trust scientific research when companies are involved / John C. Besley, Aaron M. McCright, Joseph D. Martin, Kevin Elliot, and Nagwan Zahry -- When health care is a business, patients can suffer at the expense of revenue / Teodora Elena Ucenic -- Health care markets need just the right amount of regulation / Stuart Guterman.

Do tech companies have too much power? -- Americans shouldn't be dependent on the generosity of the wealthy, but the need for big pholanthropy is here to stay / David Callahan -- Fake news endangers democracy / Center for Information Technology and Society -- Americans who get news mainly from social media are less knowledgeable and less engaged / Tom Infield -- Banning users is not a violation of the First Amendment by big tech / Jennifer Huddleston.
Abstract:
"Anthology of viewpoints debating and exploring America's relationships with corporations"-- Provided by publisher.
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