Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government--And the Reckoning That Lies Ahead

by David Rothkopf

Book Overview

One of the world's leading experts on power offers a penetrating look at the rise of private interests.The rise of private power may be the most important and least understood trend of our time. David Rothkopf provides a fresh look at how we have reached a point where thousands of companies have greater power than all but a handful of states. Beginning with the story of an inquisitive Swedish goat inadvertently triggering the birth of the oldest company...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374151288
• ISBN13: 9780374151287
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"