Corporation Nation

by Robert E. Wright

From bank bailouts and corporate scandals to the financial panic of 2008 and its lingering effects, corporate governance in America has been wracked by crises. Amid a weakening system of checks and balances in which corporate executives have little incentive to protect shareholder interests, U.S. corporations are growing larger and more irresponsible at the same time. But dependence on corporate profit was crucial to the early republic's growth,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812245644
• ISBN13: 9780812245646
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"