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Index

Boldface page references indicate direct quotations used as an introduction at the beginning of each new Part or Chapter.

A

Abuse

commerce and monopoly, 81 –83

corporate

of the Bill of Rights, 157 –60

during the Civil War, 88 –89

of power following Santa Clara case, 120 –21

of responsibility, 213 –14

of free trade and social change, 216 –18

of human rights, 20 –23, 110

local protection from corporate, 253 –54

of resources and impact on government, 41 –42

unemployment and child, 191

wealth and corporate, 82 –83

Accountability

corporate avoidance of, 165 –68

social, 34 –36

for waste disposal, 38 –42

. See also Responsibility, corporate

Acquisitions. See Mergers and acquisitions

Adams, Abigail, 121 –23

Adams, John, 66 –67, 223, 226

Adams, Samuel, 53

Advertising

advocacy, 233 –34

influencing public opinion and, 241 –42

information suppression, 235

media impact on health, 237

. See also Media

Agriculture, 12, 164

Alarm, The, 56 –57

Alexander the Great, 27 –28, 211

Alternative Minimum Tax of 1986, 181

Amendments. See U.S. Constitution

American Dream, reclaiming the, 211, 246 –47

American Revolution

corporate power and the, 45 –46, 63 –64

democracy and the, 28 –29

Amin, Idi, 18 –20

Amnesty International, 21

Annan, Kofi, 149

Anthony, Susan B., 124, 281 –82

Anti-trust issues. See Mergers and acquisitions; Trusts

Aristocracy

decline of civilization and, 205 –11

fears of corporate, 82 –83

wealth and the rise of American, 70 –73

Arthur, Chester, 90

Articles of Confederation, 64

Articles of incorporation, 3 –4. See also Incorporation

Artificial persons. See Corporations

Asimov, Isaac, 16

Associations, Trade. See Trusts

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD), 2

Authority

to create corporations, 30

fast-track, 140 –44, 274

to govern, 25 –29

of states to control corporations, 79 –81

Automotive safety and corporate values, 17, 186

 

B

Banking industry

as community resources, 40

job creation and the, 263 –64

 

Second Bank of the United States, 65, 82 –83

tax breaks and subsidies for, 182

United States Bank, 67, 81 –83

. See also World Bank

Bankruptcy, 47 –48

Beliefs and values. See Values

Berwind, Edward, 174

Bill of Rights

corporate abuse of, 157 –60

development of, 70 –73

Fifth Amendment, 159

First Amendment, 29

campaign finance reform and, 131

corporate claims to, 120, 243

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the, 235 –36

lawsuits to intimidate, 171 –72

Fourth Amendment, 120 –21, 158 –59

protections in, 3 –4, 68 –69

Tenth Amendment, 66

. See also U.S. Constitution

Bingham, John A., 110 –12

Biodiversity, loss of, 13 –14

Biotechnology, regulation of, 162 –64

Black, Hugo, 105, 249

Boards of directors, interlocking, 49, 201 –5

Bonaparte, Napoleon, 226

Boston Common, 30 –31. See also Community resources

Boston Massacre, 54

Boston Tea Party, 45 –63

Boycotts, 55 –57. See also Protests

Brandeis, Louis, 269

Brannan vs. Schartzer, 120

Brennan, William J., Jr., 238

Bretton Woods Agreement, 136 –38, 142. See also International trade

Bribery and elimination of competition, 127

Broadcasting. See Media

Brown, Hank, 141 –42

Bryan, William Jennings, 24, 95, 278

Burnside, Ambrose E., 87

Bush, George H. W., 138, 143, 162

Bush, George W., 226, 230, 242 –43

Bush, Jeb, 194

Business

Bill of Rights abuses by, 157 –60

as a citizen, 213 –14

downtown vs. shopping malls, 258 –63

eliminating competition of small, 127 –31

forms of, 47 –48

military-industrial complex and, 152 –54

power over American life, 246 –47

regulation impact on small, 164

small vs. big, 213 –14, 243, 266 –68

taxation and subsidies, 173 –82

Business Week, 246 –47

Buying of the President, The, 182

 

C

California

environmental protection in, 14 –15

privatization of electrical industry in, 194

redefining corporations, 6

rejecting corporate personhood in, 277

Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad, 95 –119

Campaign contributions

corporate interests and, 221 –22