Re: The Corporation (was Re: CG: Ligatures etc)
Rich and Jay,
I received an offline note, which recommended a review
that was published in the _Economist_, a well respected
British news magazine, which is staffed with experts in
economics on all sides of the political fences:
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=2647328
Face value | The lunatic you work for | Economist.com
Their final paragraph is very important: both governments
and corporations can be very good or very bad. That's not
surprising since they're both human.
Our best hope is to maintain checks and balances so that the
governments, corporations, journalists, labor unions, churches,
universities, etc., etc., all keep watch on one another and
maintain a balance of forces.
What worries me most is that Eisenhower's worst fears are
coming to pass: the military-industrial complex bought the
government -- lock, stock, and barrel. If that is allowed
to continue, all checks and balances are destroyed.
John