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Unequal protection : how corporations became "people"--and you can fight back / by Thom Hartmann.

By: Hartmann, Thom, 1951-.
Publisher: San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Pub., c2010Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.Description: viii, 376 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781605095592 (pbk.).Subject(s): Corporation law -- United States -- History | Industrial policy -- United States -- History | Business and politics -- United States -- History | Corporations -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States | Human rights -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 306.340973
Contents:
Introduction. The battle to save democracy -- Pt. I, Corporations take over. The deciding moment? ; The corporate conquest of America -- Pt. II, From the birth of American democracy through the birth of corporate personhood. Banding together for the common good ; The Boston tea party revealed ; Jefferson versus the corporate aristocracy ; The early role of corporations in America ; The people's masters ; Corporations go global ; The court takes the presidency ; Protecting corporate liars ; Corporate control of politics -- Pt. III, Unequal consequences. Unequal uses for the Bill of rights ; Unequal regulation ; Unequal protection from risk ; Unequal taxes ; Unequal responsibility for crime ; Unequal privacy ; Unequal citizenship and access to the commons ; Unequal wealth ; Unequal trade ; Unequal media ; Unequal influence -- Pt. IV, Restoring personhood to people. Capitalists and Americans speak out for community ; End corporate personhood ; A new entrepreneurial boom ; A democratic marketplace ; Restoring government of, by, and for the people.
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Previous ed.: Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-352) and index.

Introduction. The battle to save democracy -- Pt. I, Corporations take over. The deciding moment? ; The corporate conquest of America -- Pt. II, From the birth of American democracy through the birth of corporate personhood. Banding together for the common good ; The Boston tea party revealed ; Jefferson versus the corporate aristocracy ; The early role of corporations in America ; The people's masters ; Corporations go global ; The court takes the presidency ; Protecting corporate liars ; Corporate control of politics -- Pt. III, Unequal consequences. Unequal uses for the Bill of rights ; Unequal regulation ; Unequal protection from risk ; Unequal taxes ; Unequal responsibility for crime ; Unequal privacy ; Unequal citizenship and access to the commons ; Unequal wealth ; Unequal trade ; Unequal media ; Unequal influence -- Pt. IV, Restoring personhood to people. Capitalists and Americans speak out for community ; End corporate personhood ; A new entrepreneurial boom ; A democratic marketplace ; Restoring government of, by, and for the people.