The Corporation in the 21st Century: Why (Almost) Everything We Are Told About Business Is Wrong

In the world of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, capitalists built and controlled mills and factories. That relationship between capital and labor continued in the automobile assembly lines and petrochemical plants of the twentieth century. But no longer: products and production have dematerialized. The goods and services provided by the leading companies of the twenty—first century appear on your screen, fit in your pocket, or occupy your head. Ownership of the means of production is a redundant ...