Ackerman-Leist, Philip
Summary: Mals, Italy, has long been known as the breadbasket of the Tyrol. But recently the tiny town became known for something else entirely. A Precautionary Tale tells us why, introducing readers to an unlikely group of activists and a forward-thinking mayor who came together to ban pesticides in Mals by a referendum vote--making it the first place on Earth to accomplish such a feat, and a model for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 ACKLemann, Nicholas
Summary: "A history of three economic and social thinkers and their impact on the American economy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 LEMMihaljevic, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 MIHWartzman, Rick
Summary: In this richly detailed and eye-opening book, Rick Wartzman chronicles the erosion of the relationship between American companies and their workers. Through the stories of four major employers--General Motors, General Electric, Kodak, and Coca-Cola--he shows how big businesses once took responsibility for providing their workers and retirees with an array of social benefits. At the height of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331 WARClements, Jeffrey D.
Contents: Introduction: what's at stake -- American democracy works, and corporations fight back -- Corporations are not people; and they make lousy parents -- If corporations are not people, what are they? -- Corporations don't vote; they don't have to -- Did corporate power destroy the working American economy? -- Corporations can't love -- Restoring democracy and republican government.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.3 CLEKruse, Kevin Michael
Summary: "We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the idea of 'Christian America' is an invention--and a relatively recent one at that. As Kruse argues, the belief that America is fundamentally and formally a Christian nation originated in the 1930s when businessmen enlisted religious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 KRUBakan, Joel
Summary: "From the author of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power comes this deeply informed and unflinching look at the way corporations have slyly rebranded themselves as socially conscious entities ready to tackle society's problems, while CEO compensation soars, income inequality is at all-time highs, and democracy sits in a precarious situation. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL. Over the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BAKKay, J. A. (John Anderson)
Summary: "The finance sector of Western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates. Financialization over the past three decades has created a structure that lacks resilience and supports absurd volumes of trading. The finance sector devotes too little attention to the search for new investment opportunities and the stewardship of existing ones, and far too much to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 KAYWilson, Seán Michael
Summary: "Tells the story of Minamata disease, a debilitating and sometimes fatal condition caused by the Chisso chemical factory's careless release of methylmercury into the waters of the coastal community of Minamata in southern Japan. First identified in 1956, it became a hot topic in Japan in the 1970s and 80s, growing into an iconic struggle between people versus corporations and government...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Bridge Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.9 WILKiley, David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 Volkswagen BeetleWhitehouse, Sheldon
Summary: "In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer's Dark Money. Americans know something is wrong in their government. Senator Whitehouse combines history, legal scholarship, and personal experiences to provide the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322 WHIBogle, John C.
Contents: What went wrong in corporate America? : a pathological mutation -- Why did corporate America go wrong? : "somebody's gotta keep an eye on these geniuses" -- How to return corporate America to its owners : "owners of the world, unite!" -- What went wrong in investment America? : King Kong, or Mighty Joe Young? -- Why did investment America go wrong? : the momentary precision of stock prices...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.122 BOGHoffman, Liz
Summary: "A kaleidoscopic account of the financial carnage of the pandemic, revealing the fear, grit, and gambles that drove the economy's winners and losers-from a leading Wall Street Journal reporter. The world's most powerful CEOs never saw it coming. In 2018, after a decade-long bull market, the CEO of American Airlines declared, "I don't think we're ever going to lose money again." The U.S. entered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 HOFHowe, Fisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass Publishers 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4012 Howe,Nader, Ralph.
Summary: "Ralph Nader has fought for over fifty years on behalf of American citizens against the reckless influence of corporations on our society. At this pivotal political moment, Americans are more disillusioned with their political leaders than ever. Large majorities tell pollsters that big corporations have too much political power. The ever tightening influence of big business on the mainstream...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.3 NADRoss, Alec
Summary: "For 150 years, there has been a contract. Companies hold the power to shape our daily lives. The state holds the power to make them fall in line. And the people hold the power to choose their leaders. But now, this balance has shaken loose. As the marketconsolidates, the lines between Walmart and the Halls of Congress have become razor-thin. Private companies have begun to behave like nations,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322 ROSTeachout, Zephyr
Summary: "A passionate attack on the monopolies that are throttling American democracy. Every facet of American life is being overtaken by big platform monopolists like Facebook, Google, and Bayer (which has merged with the former agricultural giant Monsanto), resulting in a greater concentration of wealth and power than we've seen since the Gilded Age. They are evolving into political entities that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.8 TEAHubbard, Sally
Summary: "An urgent and witty manifesto, Monopolies Suck shows how monopoly power is harming everyday Americans and practical ways we can all fight back"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.8 HUBMorris, Dick.
Summary: Analyzes power abuses by the American government, wealthy corporations, and high-profile celebrities, in an account that addresses topics ranging from sub-prime mortgages and the secret purchases of Dubai to corporate salaries and the 2008 election.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 MORRamaswamy, Vivek
Summary: "A young entrepreneur makes the case that politics has no place in business, and sets out a new vision for the future of American capitalism"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 RAMRampton, Sheldon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 659.2 RAMClarke, Richard A. (Richard Alan)
Summary: Presents an urgent assessment of how governments, businesses, and everyday citizens can counter and prevent attacks by criminal hackers determined to create a digital war zone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.325 CLADel Rey, Jason
Summary: "For years, Walmart and Amazon operated in separate spheres--one a massive brick-and-mortar retailer, the other an online giant. But in 2016, Walmart aggressively moved into the world of e-commerce, while Amazon made big bets in physical retail. The resulting rivalry is a bare-knuckle power struggle as each titan tries to outmaneuver the other to become the biggest omnichannel retailer in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381.1 DELHowe, Fisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass Publishers 1991