A century and a half after its birth, the modern business corporation, an artificial person made in the image of a human psychopath, now is seeking t… - Joel Bakan

The corporation was originally conceived as a public institution whose purpose was to serve national interests and advance the public good.

The notion that business and government are and should be partners is ubiquitous, unremarkable, and repeated like a mantra by leaders in both domains. It seems a compelling and innocuous idea - until you think about what it really means.

Corporations now govern society, perhaps more than governments themselves do; yet ironically, it is their very power, much of which they have gained through economic globalization, that makes them vulnerable.