James T Bennett

Corporate Welfare

Crony Capitalism That Enriches the Rich

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From the time of Alexander Hamilton's "Report on Manufactures" through the Great Depression, American towns and cities sought to lure footloose companies by offering lavish benefits

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781412855983
• ISBN-10: 1412855985
• Artikelnr.: 42140266

Autorenporträt

Bennett, James T.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Ralph Nader
1. Introduction and Overview
2. Alexander Hamilton, Canals, and Railroads
3. Corporate Welfare Takes Flight: How the SST Was Launched (and Shot Down)
4. The Great Giveaway: Economic Development, "Incentives," and the
Corporate Welfare Wars
5. Corporate Welfare as Theft: How Detroit and General Motors Stole
Poletown
6. A Reverse Robin Hood: The Derring-Do (on Behalf of Transnational
Corporations) of the Export-Import Bank
7. Conclusion: Will It Ever End? Or Is There a Future for an Anti-Corporate
Welfare Coalition?
Index