Corporate Dependency: “Corporatocracy” or “Inverted Totalitarianism”

Documentary: The Corporation (2003), based on Joel Bakan’s bestseller The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. 

Interview: The Corporate Origins of Colonialism: The East India Company, William Dalrymple, historian and author of The Anarchy : The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire. Published by the Letters and Politics podcast (10 March 2022).

Full Interview: Can Democracy and Capitalism Co-exist? Chris Hedges and Sheldon Wolin, political philosopher and author of Democracy, Inc. and Politics and Vision. He introduces us to the concept of “managed democracy” and “inverted totalitarianism.” Published by The Real News Network (22 October 2014).

Political-Economy and the Undermining of Democracy:

Lecture:  Our democracy no longer represents the people. Here’s how we fix it, Lawrence Lessing, Harvard law professor and attorney. Published by TEDx Talks (21 October 2015).

The Corporate Corruption of Science:

Jureidini J, McHenry L B. (2022) The illusion of evidence based medicine, BMJ, 376.

Corporate Media:

Sustainability Issues:

The Food Industry and Public Health Issues:

The Health Care and Pharmaceutical Industry:

    • [Article] Adam Schrader (2022) “Pandemic creates new pharma, food billionaires,” UPI, May 23. “The pandemic, full of sorrow and disruption for most of humanity, has been one of the best times in recorded history for the billionaire class.”
    • [Report] Oxfam Media Briefing, “Profiting From Pain,” 23 May 2022. Davos 2022 Part 2. “Billionaire wealth has soared during the COVID-19 pandemic as companies in the food, pharma, energy, and tech sectors have cashed in. Meanwhile millions of people around the world are facing a cost-of-living crisis due to the continuing effects of the pandemic and the rapidly rising costs of essentials, including food and energy. Inequality, already extreme before COVID-19, has reached new levels. There is an urgent need for governments to implement highly progressive taxation measures that in turn must be used to invest in powerful and proven measures to reduce inequalities.”

The Fossil Fuel Industry:

Big Tech Corporations: