Capture
Thursday, April 5, 2012
The only way I know to combat corporate power as it now stands is for government to exercise its powers as owners of a preponderance of publicly traded stock. Self-regulation didn't work and any attempts at government regulation are thwarted or circumnavigated. You can't control a corporation from outside…
April 5, 2012 | fiduciary duty
, CEO power
, Capture
, Corporate Power
, Government Capture
, Money in Politics
, ownership
Confronting Power
Monday, February 6, 2012
Attacking Proxy Advisors
Since the passage of Dodd-Frank, in the summer of 2010, there has been a constant drumbeat from representatives of the corporate community, particularly the Business Roundtable and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, regarding the need for an increased level of regulatory oversight focused on proxy advisory firms. … February 6, 2012 | proxy , Capture , SEC , institutional investors , shareholder activism
Thursday, December 15, 2011
True Cost of Military Equipment Spending
On the heels of my last post, Government Capture: Two Ways it Affects Us All, this terrific graphic arrived in our mailbox. It details the cost of military supplies in contrast with how many families could live on that same amount of money. If you believe, as I do,… December 15, 2011 | Iraq War , Capture , Corporate Power
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Government Capture – Two Ways it Affects Us All
In the past couple of decades our country has been deeply divided on a number of topics but two issues stand out in the arena of corporate power over government: Health Care Legislation & War with Iraq. Did you wonder, during all of the finagling over the Health Care… December 7, 2011 | Capture , Corporate Power , corporate social responsibility
Friday, December 2, 2011
Judge Rakoff Rejects the SEC Deal with Citigroup
Truthdig named Judge Jed Rakoff "Truthdigger of the Week," and rightly so. Judge Rakoff performed a public service in rejecting the SEC's deal with Citigroup this week. These no-fault settlements are nothing but corporate power over government and regulation in its purest form. We hear the same excuses all… December 2, 2011 | Capture , Corporate Power , SEC
Thursday, November 17, 2011
National Debt and Government Capture
In this new video I address the U.S. national debt as a symptom of corporate power over government. Everywhere I look these days there is evidence of government capture: lobbying, the revolving door in Washington, the dismantling of employee pension plans ... As I said in my last post,… November 17, 2011 | Capture , accountability
Thursday, November 17, 2011