Yours, Mine & Ours
April 9, 2013
Today's rigid attitudes about property rights break with tradition
For Good Customer Service Go to Government, Not Corporations
August 16, 2012
Have you tried to get through to your insurance company or bank recently?
CEOs Get Massive Rewards for Dodging Corporate Taxes
September 3, 2011
Many major companies pay CEOs more than they do Uncle Sam
S&P Says Microsoft More Creditworthy than US Government
August 12, 2011
Private companies think they can be successful even if their government is not. They're wrong.
Senators from AT&T, Exxon and OPEC?
March 17, 2010
If corporations are people, as the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled, why not let corporations run for office?
The Corporate Enclosure of Democracy
January 21, 2010
The Supreme Court holds that corporations are "persons" with free speech rights
Submitted by Matthew Lappe on March 15, 2008 - 2:00am
On the Commons Publication:
Oligopoly, Inc. 2005: New Report on Concentration in Corporate Power
December 19, 2005
Oligopoly rising: the concentration of corporate wealth and power rises to new, alarming levels.
Who Owns the Beach?
October 12, 2005
Surf's up! A string of court victories reaffirms the public's right to enjoy beaches in the U.S.
When Democracy and Capitalism Cohabitate
September 16, 2005
A look at U.S. history is a sobering experience. Government generally defends the property of the wealthy against everyone else. But occasionally things shift.
