Corporations brazenly are using their strength to accumulate even more power. Never before in the history of the world have corporate powers been as strong as they are today. Introduction IN THE BEGINNING This book is about power-raw power-the raw power of corporations alongside the powerlessness of individualism. Most of all, I am indebted to Blanche Perelman, without whom this would not have been possible. Individuals as Citizens Mesmerizing Society A Fully Informed Public Keeping the Public in the Dark Keeping the Congress in the Dark Elections A Hint of a Good SocietyĪcknowledgments I want to thank Wendy Diamond, Kuau Garrson, Bob Cottrell, Richard Ponorul, Aldo Matteucci, and especially Joanna Bujes for their excellent help. The War on Terror Fear of Irrationality or Irrationality of Fear The War on Terror and Statistical Murder Food, Terrorism, and the Individual’s Right to KnowĨ. Food, Fear, and Terrorism The Political Economy of Fear Asbestos and the World Trade Center Disaster Amazing Grace Controlling the Message The Precautionary Principle Again
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The Role of Risk Introduction Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit Knight: On Closer Examination Protection Against Business Risk Other Protections Against Business Risk The Absence of Protections for Ordinary People Knight on Turnover and Job Security Risk and “Sound Science” Downplaying Risk for the Corporations Devaluing Life The Madness of Risk Assessment The Politics of Risk The Precautionary Principle Broader Considerations of Risk and Individualism Risk and the Individual in a Market Societyġ00 100 107 109 111 114 119 120 122 125 128 129 132 134 138 139ħ. Responsibility Introduction The Virtual Impossibility of Accountability Cleaning Up the Mess Globalization and Corporate AccountabilityĦ. Corporate Accountability Corporations as Individuals Corporate Crime and Punishment The Corporate Obligation to Commit Crime Responsibility and Tort Reform Subcontractingĥ. The Lethal Economy of Time Sovereignty in the Workplace The Retreat to Consumption ImagineĤ. What Corporate Society Does to Workers Individual Freedom and Authority in the Workplace Flexibility for Whom? Unemployment as a Disciplinary Device Costs of Job Loss Manipulation of Labor Markets Monetary Policy to Maintain Unemployment The Wages of Fear Risks of Working The Pain of Servitude
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People as Consumers People as Consumers The Futility of Excessive Consumption The Democratization of the Potlatch Planned Obsolescence Prosperity and Happiness Markets and Happiness Sabotaging Happiness Consuming Cultureģ. The Individual Subsumed in the Corporate Economy The Myth of Individualism The Real Meaning of Individualism Back to Adam Smith Markets Uber Alles Freedom of Speech-for Whom? The Perverse Consequences of the Corporate Abuse of Power Pensions and IndividualismĢ. Introduction In the Beginning Attacking the Myth of Individualism There Is No Alternativeġ. HD60.5.U5P39 2005 306.3'4––dc22 2005001626ĭesigned and produced for Pluto Press by Chase Publishing Services Ltd, Fortescue, Sidmouth, EX10 9QG, England Typeset from disk by Stanford DTP Services, Northampton, England Printed and bound in Canada by Transcontinental Printing Corporations––Social aspects––United States. Social responsibility of business––United States. Manufacturing discontent : the trap of individualism in corporate society / Michael Perelman. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Perelman, Michael. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN ISBN
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Manufacturing Discontent The Trap of Individualism in Corporate Society Michael Perelmanįirst published in English 2005 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA and 839 Greene Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Copyright © Michael Perelman 2005 The right of Michael Perelman to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.