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The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy

Hertz, Noreena

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The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy

"Named one of the best books of the year by The Sunday Times of London, and already a bestseller in England, Noreena Hertz's The Silent Takeover explains how corporations in the age of globalization are changing our lives, our society, and our future -- and are threatening the very basis of our democracy. Of the world's 100 largest economies, fifty-one are now corporations, only forty-nine are nation-states. The sales of General Motors and Ford are greater than the GDP (gross domestic product) of the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, and Wal-Mart now has a turnover higher than the revenues of most of the states of Eastern Europe. Yet few of us are fully aware of the growing dominance of big business: newspapers continue to place news of the actions of governments on the front page, with business news relegated to the inside pages. But do governments really have more influence over our lives than businesses? Already sparking intense debate in England and on the Continent, The Silent Takeover provides a new and startling take on the way we live now and who really governs us. The widely acclaimed young socio-economist Noreena Hertz brilliantly and passionately reveals how corporations across the world manipulate and pressure governments by means both legal and illegal; how protest, be it in the form of the protesters of Seattle and Genoa or the boycotting of genetically altered foods, is often becoming a more effective political weapon than the ballot-box; and how corporations in many parts of the world are taking over from the state responsibility for everything from providing technology for schools to healthcare for the community. What is the fate of democracy in the world of the silent takeover? The Silent Takeover asks us to recognize the growing contradictions of a world divided between haves and have-nots, of gated communities next to ghettos, of extreme poverty and unbelievable riches.

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Title of ebook: The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy
ISBN: 9780743241892
Publisher: Free Press
Internet download file size: 396 kb
Pages: 256
Released online for download: 06-17-2002
Author of eBook: Hertz, Noreena

The Silent Takeover

Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy

Chapter One

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Dancing with the Pink Fairies

J-20. For those in the know the acronym is easily decipherable: July 20, 2001, the call for action transmitted to hundreds of thousands at the click of a mouse. J-20—Genoa.

I first learned about the Genoa protests through the Net, as did most of those who gathered there. A chain letter sent to thousands and forwarded to thousands more eventually reached me. Cyberwar with a clear message: Be there if you think that globalization is failing. Be there if you want to protest against global capitalism. If youthink multinational corporations are too powerful. If you no longer believe your elected representatives will listen. Be there if you want to be heard.

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