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Thom Hartmann | Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back

Restoring Government, of, by and for the People
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Economy & Labor

Restoring Government, of, by and for the People

Rescinding corporate personhood is the first step toward a larger vision of reclaiming and reinvigorating democracy around the world.
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Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
December 7, 2011
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Economy & Labor

If We End Corporate Personhood We Can Define the Terms of a New Economy

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although the increasingly unrestrained marketplace that Teddy Roosevelt and Louis Brandeis warn of makes it hard for many companies to emphasize…
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Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
November 29, 2011
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Economy & Labor

The Need to Relocalize Our Economies

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) For some people, particularly the young and the old, the local mall or big-box retailer or superstore is an important part…
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Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
November 15, 2011
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Economy & Labor

End Corporate Personhood

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Arizona changed its law after 1886 so that the word person would include nonliving as well as living legal entities: “‘Person’…
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Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
November 8, 2011
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Economy & Labor

Capitalists and Americans Speak Out for Community

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although we have much that we might change about our government and business, it’s clear that we also have a great…
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Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
November 1, 2011
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Economy & Labor

Unequal Influence: There Are Politicians Who Work on Behalf of Corporations and Those Who Work on Behalf of Humans

(Image: JR / Truthout) The people have got to know if their president is a crook,” U.S. President Richard Nixon told a national television audience on…
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Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
October 18, 2011
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Culture & Media

The Purpose of a Free Press

(Image: JR / Truthout) In researching this book, I ran across an astonishing piece of writing from our nation’s early years. It’s a fitting prologue for…
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Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
October 11, 2011
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Economy & Labor

Free Trade Is Ravaging National Economies

(Image: JR / Truthout) Equal trade, fair trade, honest, decent trade requires reasonable balance between trading partners and strong domestic economies. When that happens, Adam Smith’s…
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Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
October 4, 2011
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Economy & Labor

Unequal Wealth

(Image: JR / Truthout) In the absence of the controls recommended by the Founders and early state regulation, corporations have continued to grow in size and…
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Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
September 27, 2011
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Economy & Labor

Unequal Citizenship and Access to the Commons

(Image: JR / Truthout) There are resources and there are resources. For corporations, resources include raw materials, labor, the property and the equipment they use, the…
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Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
September 20, 2011
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