The New Corporation

How "Good" Corporations Are Bad for Democracy

Author  Joel Bakan
The New Corporation

Silver WINNER of the 2021 Axiom Business Book Awards in Business Ethics
 
WINNER of the 2021 Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes
 
From the author of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power comes this deeply informed and unflinching look at the way corporations have slyly rebranded themselves as socially conscious entities ready to tackle society's problems, while CEO compensation soars, income inequality is at all-time highs, and democracy sits in a
precarious situation.

Over the last decade and a half, business leaders, Silicon Valley executives, and the Davos elite have been calling for a new kind of capitalism. The writing was on the wall. With income inequality soaring, wages stagnating, and a
climate crisis escalating, it was no longer viable to justify harming…