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🏢 Corporate Villainy

Stories that cast corporations themselves as malevolent forces—profiting from harm, suppressing truth, and treating people as expendable resources.
The People's Business
by Lee Drutman • 2004
Corporations are not people, yet they won human rights and bought the democracy that created them.
4.33
12
🏛️ Corporate Accountability⚖️ Corporate Personhood💰 Money In Politics🕴️ Shareholder Primacy🐙 Regulatory Capture
The People's Business Summary
The People's Business 91%
Corporations are not people, yet they won human rights and bought the democracy that created them.
by Lee Drutman 2004
4.33
12 ratings
🏛️ Corporate Accountability⚖️ Corporate Personhood💰 Money In Politics🕴️ Shareholder Primacy🐙 Regulatory Capture
Private Empire
by Steve Coll • 2012
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
4.00
4k+
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism⚡ Energy Politics💼 Corporate Power
Private Empire Summary
Private Empire 90%
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
by Steve Coll 2012
4.00
4k+ ratings
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism⚡ Energy Politics💼 Corporate Power
The Triumph of Doubt
by David Michaels • 2020
Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.
4.08
222
🏭 Corporate Malfeasance🩺 Public Health Policy🤥 Science Denialism📢 Disinformation Campaigns🏛️ Regulatory Capture
The Triumph of Doubt Summary
The Triumph of Doubt 90%
Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.
by David Michaels 2020
4.08
222 ratings
🏭 Corporate Malfeasance🩺 Public Health Policy🤥 Science Denialism📢 Disinformation Campaigns🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Corporation Nation
by Charles Derber • 1998
The biggest threat to American democracy isn't in the White House. It's in the corner office.
3.74
65
🏢 Corporate Power💰 Corporate Welfare🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism🗳️ Economic Democracy✊ Labor Movements
Corporation Nation Summary
Corporation Nation 89%
The biggest threat to American democracy isn't in the White House. It's in the corner office.
by Charles Derber 1998
3.74
65 ratings
🏢 Corporate Power💰 Corporate Welfare🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism🗳️ Economic Democracy✊ Labor Movements
Capitalist Punishment
by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2023
Your retirement money is voting on climate mandates and social policy. You were never asked.
4.04
327
📋 Esg Investing📊 Corporate Governance🏦 Wall Street Critique⚠️ Woke Capitalism🏛️ Market Concentration
Capitalist Punishment Summary
Capitalist Punishment 89%
Your retirement money is voting on climate mandates and social policy. You were never asked.
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2023
4.04
327 ratings
📋 Esg Investing📊 Corporate Governance🏦 Wall Street Critique⚠️ Woke Capitalism🏛️ Market Concentration
When McKinsey Comes to Town
by Walt Bogdanich • 2022
McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.
3.80
12k+
🏢 Consulting Industry🏛️ Corporate Power🔍 Investigative Journalism👔 White Collar Crime🚪 Regulatory Capture
When McKinsey Comes to Town Summary
When McKinsey Comes to Town 89%
McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.
by Walt Bogdanich 2022
3.80
12k+ ratings
🏢 Consulting Industry🏛️ Corporate Power🔍 Investigative Journalism👔 White Collar Crime🚪 Regulatory Capture
Bad Company
by Megan Greenwell • 2025
Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.
4.03
5k+
🏢 Private Equity📉 Economic Inequality⚖️ Corporate Accountability🔍 Investigative Journalism🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Bad Company Summary
Bad Company 89%
Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.
by Megan Greenwell 2025
4.03
5k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity📉 Economic Inequality⚖️ Corporate Accountability🔍 Investigative Journalism🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Forbidden Knowledge
by Terence H. Young • 2023
What your pharmacist doesn't tell you, and why the safest drugs are the least promoted.
💊 Big Pharma🛡️ Regulatory Capture⚖️ Medical Ethics🔒 Information Control📢 Whistleblowing
Forbidden Knowledge Summary
Forbidden Knowledge 89%
What your pharmacist doesn't tell you, and why the safest drugs are the least promoted.
by Terence H. Young 2023
💊 Big Pharma🛡️ Regulatory Capture⚖️ Medical Ethics🔒 Information Control📢 Whistleblowing
Go Woke, Go Broke
by Charles Gasparino • 2024
How Disney, Budweiser, and Target lost billions betting their customers wanted progressive politics.
3.81
178
📋 Corporate Governance✊ Corporate Activism🏛️ Free Market Advocacy📊 ESG Investing💼 Shareholder Capitalism
Go Woke, Go Broke Summary
Go Woke, Go Broke 89%
How Disney, Budweiser, and Target lost billions betting their customers wanted progressive politics.
by Charles Gasparino 2024
3.81
178 ratings
📋 Corporate Governance✊ Corporate Activism🏛️ Free Market Advocacy📊 ESG Investing💼 Shareholder Capitalism
Stamped
by Jason Reynolds • 2020
A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.
4.46
55k+
🕵️ Corporate Fraud💻 Tech Scandal🗞️ Investigative Reporting👤 Whistleblowers🩺 Medical Technology
Stamped Summary
Stamped 89%
A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.
by Jason Reynolds 2020
4.46
55k+ ratings
🕵️ Corporate Fraud💻 Tech Scandal🗞️ Investigative Reporting👤 Whistleblowers🩺 Medical Technology
California Burning
by Katherine Blunt • 2022
The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.
4.26
2k+
🏢 Corporate Malfeasance⚡ Energy Policy🔌 Utility Regulation🔥 Wildfire Crisis🛠️ Aging Infrastructure
California Burning Summary
California Burning 89%
The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.
by Katherine Blunt 2022
4.26
2k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Malfeasance⚡ Energy Policy🔌 Utility Regulation🔥 Wildfire Crisis🛠️ Aging Infrastructure
The Smartest Guys in the Room
by Bethany McLean • 2003
Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.
4.22
28k+
🏢 Corporate Fraud📊 Accounting Manipulation🏛️ Corporate Governance💼 Corporate Hubris🏦 Wall Street Culture
The Smartest Guys in the Room Summary
The Smartest Guys in the Room 89%
Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.
by Bethany McLean 2003
4.22
28k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Fraud📊 Accounting Manipulation🏛️ Corporate Governance💼 Corporate Hubris🏦 Wall Street Culture
American Oligarchy
by Ron Formisano • 2017
Money buys policy, office converts to wealth, and crimes go unpunished in American government.
3.81
31
📛 Political Corruption💰 Campaign Finance🚪 Revolving Door👔 White Collar Crime🏛️ Plutocracy
American Oligarchy Summary
American Oligarchy 89%
Money buys policy, office converts to wealth, and crimes go unpunished in American government.
by Ron Formisano 2017
3.81
31 ratings
📛 Political Corruption💰 Campaign Finance🚪 Revolving Door👔 White Collar Crime🏛️ Plutocracy
Plunder
by Brendan Ballou • 2023
Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.
4.09
2k+
🏦 Private Equity🦈 Corporate Raiders🏭 Predatory Capitalism🏠 Housing Inequality🏥 Healthcare Economics
Plunder Summary
Plunder 89%
Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.
by Brendan Ballou 2023
4.09
2k+ ratings
🏦 Private Equity🦈 Corporate Raiders🏭 Predatory Capitalism🏠 Housing Inequality🏥 Healthcare Economics
The Problem of Twelve
by John Coates • 2023
A few institutions now own and control almost everything: an old democratic trap with no clean exit.
3.52
177
🏛️ Corporate Governance⚖️ Financial Regulation💪 Concentrated Power🗳️ Shareholder Activism💰 Private Equity
The Problem of Twelve Summary
The Problem of Twelve 89%
A few institutions now own and control almost everything: an old democratic trap with no clean exit.
by John Coates 2023
3.52
177 ratings
🏛️ Corporate Governance⚖️ Financial Regulation💪 Concentrated Power🗳️ Shareholder Activism💰 Private Equity
Davos Man
by Peter S. Goodman • 2022
A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.
3.93
1k+
🔻 Economic Inequality🏢 Corporate Power💰 Tax Evasion🌪️ Disaster Capitalism📉 Neoliberalism Critique
Davos Man Summary
Davos Man 89%
A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.
by Peter S. Goodman 2022
3.93
1k+ ratings
🔻 Economic Inequality🏢 Corporate Power💰 Tax Evasion🌪️ Disaster Capitalism📉 Neoliberalism Critique
Lights Out
by Thomas Gryta • 2020
GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.
3.92
5k+
⚖️ Corporate Governance🏢 Organizational Culture📉 Corporate Decline🧮 Earnings Manipulation💰 Financial Engineering
Lights Out Summary
Lights Out 89%
GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.
by Thomas Gryta 2020
3.92
5k+ ratings
⚖️ Corporate Governance🏢 Organizational Culture📉 Corporate Decline🧮 Earnings Manipulation💰 Financial Engineering
Bottle of Lies
by Katherine Eban • 2019
Your generic pills might be fake. A whistleblower inside the world's largest drug factory proved it.
4.41
8k+
💊 Pharmaceutical Industry💰 Corporate Fraud📣 Whistleblowers🔎 Investigative Journalism🌐 Global Health
Bottle of Lies Summary
Bottle of Lies 89%
Your generic pills might be fake. A whistleblower inside the world's largest drug factory proved it.
by Katherine Eban 2019
4.41
8k+ ratings
💊 Pharmaceutical Industry💰 Corporate Fraud📣 Whistleblowers🔎 Investigative Journalism🌐 Global Health
Money Men
by Dan McCrum • 2022
When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.
4.03
3k+
🏦 Corporate Fraud🔍 Investigative Journalism📢 Whistleblowers⚖️ Regulatory Failure📉 Short Sellers
Money Men Summary
Money Men 89%
When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.
by Dan McCrum 2022
4.03
3k+ ratings
🏦 Corporate Fraud🔍 Investigative Journalism📢 Whistleblowers⚖️ Regulatory Failure📉 Short Sellers
The Key Man
by Simon Clark • 2021
Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.
4.18
3k+
🏢 Private Equity🌍 Emerging Markets💸 Financial Fraud🌱 Impact Investing🤝 Elite Networks
The Key Man Summary
The Key Man 89%
Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.
by Simon Clark 2021
4.18
3k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity🌍 Emerging Markets💸 Financial Fraud🌱 Impact Investing🤝 Elite Networks
Perfectly Legal
by David Cay Johnston • 2003
America's tax code was quietly rebuilt so the middle class subsidizes billionaires. The paper trail.
4.12
796
🏛️ Political Economy🔎 Investigative Journalism💰 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Malfeasance🕳️ Tax Loopholes
Perfectly Legal Summary
Perfectly Legal 88%
America's tax code was quietly rebuilt so the middle class subsidizes billionaires. The paper trail.
by David Cay Johnston 2003
4.12
796 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🔎 Investigative Journalism💰 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Malfeasance🕳️ Tax Loopholes
The Man Who Broke Capitalism
by David Gelles • 2022
Jack Welch's doctrine still rules the corner office, and it is slowly gutting the middle class.
4.03
3k+
💼 Shareholder Primacy⏱️ Corporate Short-Termism💰 Financialization🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism📉 Corporate Downsizing
The Man Who Broke Capitalism Summary
The Man Who Broke Capitalism 88%
Jack Welch's doctrine still rules the corner office, and it is slowly gutting the middle class.
by David Gelles 2022
4.03
3k+ ratings
💼 Shareholder Primacy⏱️ Corporate Short-Termism💰 Financialization🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism📉 Corporate Downsizing
Diagnosis
by Jane M. Hightower • 2008
Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.
3.53
34
🔬 Environmental Toxicology🏛️ Public Health Policy💼 Regulatory Capture🍽️ Food Politics🔍 Medical Detective Stories
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis 88%
Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.
by Jane M. Hightower 2008
3.53
34 ratings
🔬 Environmental Toxicology🏛️ Public Health Policy💼 Regulatory Capture🍽️ Food Politics🔍 Medical Detective Stories
The Devil's Playbook
by Lauren Etter • 2021
How a Silicon Valley startup copied Big Tobacco's strategies, hooking a generation on nicotine.
4.14
546
🏢 Corporate Malfeasance🚑 Public Health Crises🚬 Tobacco Industry💥 Disruption Gone Wrong🧠 Addiction Science
The Devil's Playbook Summary
The Devil's Playbook 88%
How a Silicon Valley startup copied Big Tobacco's strategies, hooking a generation on nicotine.
by Lauren Etter 2021
4.14
546 ratings
🏢 Corporate Malfeasance🚑 Public Health Crises🚬 Tobacco Industry💥 Disruption Gone Wrong🧠 Addiction Science
Griftopia
by Matt Taibbi • 2010
From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.
4.16
10k+
📰 Financial Journalism🫧 Bubble Economics🏛️ Systemic Corruption🎛️ Regulatory Capture💸 Predatory Finance
Griftopia Summary
Griftopia 88%
From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.
by Matt Taibbi 2010
4.16
10k+ ratings
📰 Financial Journalism🫧 Bubble Economics🏛️ Systemic Corruption🎛️ Regulatory Capture💸 Predatory Finance
The Wal-Mart Effect
by Charles Fishman • 2006
200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.
3.84
4k+
🏬 Big-Box Retail🔗 Supply Chain💼 Corporate Power🛒 Consumer Ethics👷 Labor Exploitation
The Wal-Mart Effect Summary
The Wal-Mart Effect 88%
200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.
by Charles Fishman 2006
3.84
4k+ ratings
🏬 Big-Box Retail🔗 Supply Chain💼 Corporate Power🛒 Consumer Ethics👷 Labor Exploitation
How to Make a Killing
by Tom Mueller • 2023
America's dialysis duopoly: 22 percent of patients die each year, and the business model is why.
3.92
461
🏥 For-Profit Healthcare📰 Corporate Exposé⚖️ Healthcare Disparities🏛️ Regulatory Capture⚕️ Medical Ethics
How to Make a Killing Summary
How to Make a Killing 88%
America's dialysis duopoly: 22 percent of patients die each year, and the business model is why.
by Tom Mueller 2023
3.92
461 ratings
🏥 For-Profit Healthcare📰 Corporate Exposé⚖️ Healthcare Disparities🏛️ Regulatory Capture⚕️ Medical Ethics
Merchants of Doubt
by Erik M Conway Naomi Oreskes • 2010
Tobacco, acid rain, ozone, climate change: one network fought the science on all of them.
4.17
8k+
🧪 Science Denial🏭 Manufactured Controversy📰 Disinformation Campaigns💼 Corporate Malfeasance🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Merchants of Doubt Summary
Merchants of Doubt 88%
Tobacco, acid rain, ozone, climate change: one network fought the science on all of them.
by Erik M Conway Naomi Oreskes 2010
4.17
8k+ ratings
🧪 Science Denial🏭 Manufactured Controversy📰 Disinformation Campaigns💼 Corporate Malfeasance🏛️ Regulatory Capture
No More Tears
by Gardiner Harris • 2025
Cancer in the baby powder. Addiction from the pills. Both trace back to the same trusted brand.
4.17
22k+
🏢 Corporate Crime💊 Big Pharma🏛️ Regulatory Capture⚖️ Corporate Impunity💉 Opioid Epidemic
No More Tears Summary
No More Tears 88%
Cancer in the baby powder. Addiction from the pills. Both trace back to the same trusted brand.
by Gardiner Harris 2025
4.17
22k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Crime💊 Big Pharma🏛️ Regulatory Capture⚖️ Corporate Impunity💉 Opioid Epidemic
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins • 2016
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
3.93
8k+
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts🏢 Corporate Power💸 Debt And Power
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 88%
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
by John Perkins 2016
3.93
8k+ ratings
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts🏢 Corporate Power💸 Debt And Power
No Logo
by Naomi Klein • 2000
Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.
3.89
33k+
🌐 Corporate Globalization🛒 Consumer Culture🏭 Labor Exploitation✊ Anti-Globalization🔗 Global Supply Chains
No Logo Summary
No Logo 88%
Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.
by Naomi Klein 2000
3.89
33k+ ratings
🌐 Corporate Globalization🛒 Consumer Culture🏭 Labor Exploitation✊ Anti-Globalization🔗 Global Supply Chains
Culture Jam
by Kalle Lasn • 1999
The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.
3.63
2k+
🛒 Consumer Culture🏢 Corporate Power📺 Media Criticism📢 Advertising Critique🎭 Situationist Theory
Culture Jam Summary
Culture Jam 88%
The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.
by Kalle Lasn 1999
3.63
2k+ ratings
🛒 Consumer Culture🏢 Corporate Power📺 Media Criticism📢 Advertising Critique🎭 Situationist Theory
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy
by Jim Marrs • 2010
A century-long campaign to crash the economy, sicken the people, and lock down the state.
3.91
749
👤 Shadow Government💸 Financial Conspiracy📹 Mass Surveillance📺 Media Manipulation💊 Big Pharma
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy Summary
The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy 88%
A century-long campaign to crash the economy, sicken the people, and lock down the state.
by Jim Marrs 2010
3.91
749 ratings
👤 Shadow Government💸 Financial Conspiracy📹 Mass Surveillance📺 Media Manipulation💊 Big Pharma
Treasure Islands
by Nicholas Shaxson • 2011
For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.
4.18
2k+
🏝️ Offshore Finance⚖️ Global Inequality🏢 Corporate Crime🏦 Financial Regulation📜 Economic History
Treasure Islands Summary
Treasure Islands 88%
For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.
by Nicholas Shaxson 2011
4.18
2k+ ratings
🏝️ Offshore Finance⚖️ Global Inequality🏢 Corporate Crime🏦 Financial Regulation📜 Economic History
Predator Nation
by Charles Ferguson • 2012
The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.
4.11
491
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Regulatory Capture📉 Income Inequality🗳️ Political Corruption📜 Deregulation
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation 88%
The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.
by Charles Ferguson 2012
4.11
491 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Regulatory Capture📉 Income Inequality🗳️ Political Corruption📜 Deregulation
Very Bad People
by Patrick Alley • 2022
How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.
4.05
799
🛡️ Anti-Corruption💎 Conflict Resources📰 Investigative Journalism⚖️ Corporate Accountability💰 Money Laundering
Very Bad People Summary
Very Bad People 88%
How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.
by Patrick Alley 2022
4.05
799 ratings
🛡️ Anti-Corruption💎 Conflict Resources📰 Investigative Journalism⚖️ Corporate Accountability💰 Money Laundering
Transaction Man
by Nicholas Lemann • 2019
America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.
3.71
318
🏢 Corporate Governance📜 Financial History🇺🇸 American Capitalism📈 Shareholder Capitalism🏚️ Institutional Decline
Transaction Man Summary
Transaction Man 88%
America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.
by Nicholas Lemann 2019
3.71
318 ratings
🏢 Corporate Governance📜 Financial History🇺🇸 American Capitalism📈 Shareholder Capitalism🏚️ Institutional Decline
These Are the Plunderers
by Gretchen Morgenson • 2023
They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.
3.70
963
💼 Private Equity🔍 Investigative Journalism⚖️ Economic Inequality🏛️ Regulatory Capture🏥 Healthcare Privatization
These Are the Plunderers Summary
These Are the Plunderers 88%
They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.
by Gretchen Morgenson 2023
3.70
963 ratings
💼 Private Equity🔍 Investigative Journalism⚖️ Economic Inequality🏛️ Regulatory Capture🏥 Healthcare Privatization
The Fund
by Rob Copeland • 2023
Ray Dalio sold a philosophy of truth. The billion-dollar reality was a surveillance machine.
3.97
7k+
🏦 Hedge Funds🏢 Corporate Culture🔍 Investigative Journalism☣️ Toxic Leadership🎭 Cult Of Personality
The Fund Summary
The Fund 88%
Ray Dalio sold a philosophy of truth. The billion-dollar reality was a surveillance machine.
by Rob Copeland 2023
3.97
7k+ ratings
🏦 Hedge Funds🏢 Corporate Culture🔍 Investigative Journalism☣️ Toxic Leadership🎭 Cult Of Personality
Pound Foolish
by Helaine Olen • 2012
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
3.67
2k+
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help🏦 Retirement Crisis🛡️ Consumer Advocacy
Pound Foolish Summary
Pound Foolish 88%
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
by Helaine Olen 2012
3.67
2k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help🏦 Retirement Crisis🛡️ Consumer Advocacy
Cheaponomics
by Michael S. Carolan • 2014
Every low price hides a bill you are already paying, just not at the register.
3.65
20
💸 Externalized Costs🛒 Consumer Capitalism🏢 Corporate Power🌽 Food Politics🤝 Sharing Economy
Cheaponomics Summary
Cheaponomics 88%
Every low price hides a bill you are already paying, just not at the register.
by Michael S. Carolan 2014
3.65
20 ratings
💸 Externalized Costs🛒 Consumer Capitalism🏢 Corporate Power🌽 Food Politics🤝 Sharing Economy
Extremely Hardcore
by Zoë Schiffer • 2024
A $44 billion impulse buy, then mass layoffs, fleeing advertisers. The takeover from inside.
3.97
1k+
🏢 Corporate Takeovers📱 Social Media Platforms📰 Tech Journalism⚖️ Platform Governance🗣️ Free Speech Debates
Extremely Hardcore Summary
Extremely Hardcore 88%
A $44 billion impulse buy, then mass layoffs, fleeing advertisers. The takeover from inside.
by Zoë Schiffer 2024
3.97
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Takeovers📱 Social Media Platforms📰 Tech Journalism⚖️ Platform Governance🗣️ Free Speech Debates
The Caesars Palace Coup
by Max Frumes • 2021
One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.
4.05
4k+
🏢 Private Equity💰 Leveraged Buyouts📋 Corporate Governance🕵️ Financial Investigations🏚️ Corporate Collapses
The Caesars Palace Coup Summary
The Caesars Palace Coup 88%
One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.
by Max Frumes 2021
4.05
4k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity💰 Leveraged Buyouts📋 Corporate Governance🕵️ Financial Investigations🏚️ Corporate Collapses
Moral Mazes
by Robert Jackall • 1988
Corporate bureaucracy doesn't just set rules. It rewires what managers believe is right and wrong.
3.96
476
🏢 Corporate Culture🎭 Organizational Politics⚙️ Bureaucratic Dysfunction⚖️ Moral Relativism💼 White Collar Ethics
Moral Mazes Summary
Moral Mazes 88%
Corporate bureaucracy doesn't just set rules. It rewires what managers believe is right and wrong.
by Robert Jackall 1988
3.96
476 ratings
🏢 Corporate Culture🎭 Organizational Politics⚙️ Bureaucratic Dysfunction⚖️ Moral Relativism💼 White Collar Ethics
Power Failure
by William D. Cohan • 2022
The celebrated CEO playbook that made GE an icon also programmed its collapse.
4.28
2k+
🏢 Corporate History💰 Financial Engineering📖 Business Biography📊 Earnings Management📉 Organizational Decline
Power Failure Summary
Power Failure 88%
The celebrated CEO playbook that made GE an icon also programmed its collapse.
by William D. Cohan 2022
4.28
2k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate History💰 Financial Engineering📖 Business Biography📊 Earnings Management📉 Organizational Decline
Woke, Inc.
by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2021
Social justice as corporate shield: a CEO exposes how causes mask a massive power grab.
4.00
4k+
🏢 Stakeholder Capitalism⚡ Corporate Power🌱 ESG Investing🎭 Performative Activism⚖️ Democratic Backsliding
Woke, Inc. Summary
Woke, Inc. 88%
Social justice as corporate shield: a CEO exposes how causes mask a massive power grab.
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2021
4.00
4k+ ratings
🏢 Stakeholder Capitalism⚡ Corporate Power🌱 ESG Investing🎭 Performative Activism⚖️ Democratic Backsliding
Nation on the Take
by Wendell Potter • 2016
Six billion dollars bought the 2012 election. This is what the donors got for their money.
3.97
126
💰 Money In Politics🏛️ Corporate Lobbying🗳️ Political Corruption⛓️ Regulatory Capture👑 Oligarchy
Nation on the Take Summary
Nation on the Take 88%
Six billion dollars bought the 2012 election. This is what the donors got for their money.
by Wendell Potter 2016
3.97
126 ratings
💰 Money In Politics🏛️ Corporate Lobbying🗳️ Political Corruption⛓️ Regulatory Capture👑 Oligarchy
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
by Shoshana Zuboff • 2018
Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.
4.05
14k+
👁️ Corporate Surveillance📊 Data Economy🔍 Tech Industry Critique🛡️ Data Privacy⚙️ Algorithmic Control
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Summary
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism 88%
Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.
by Shoshana Zuboff 2018
4.05
14k+ ratings
👁️ Corporate Surveillance📊 Data Economy🔍 Tech Industry Critique🛡️ Data Privacy⚙️ Algorithmic Control
Extraordinary Circumstances
by Cynthia Cooper • 2007
From internal auditor to whistleblower: her hunt for the fraud inside a $38 billion company.
4.00
538
🏦 Corporate Fraud📣 Whistleblowing🏢 Corporate Culture⚖️ Ethical Decision Making🔍 Fraud Detection
Extraordinary Circumstances Summary
Extraordinary Circumstances 88%
From internal auditor to whistleblower: her hunt for the fraud inside a $38 billion company.
by Cynthia Cooper 2007
4.00
538 ratings
🏦 Corporate Fraud📣 Whistleblowing🏢 Corporate Culture⚖️ Ethical Decision Making🔍 Fraud Detection
Controligarchs
by Seamus Bruner • 2023
A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.
4.10
271
🌐 Global Elites💰 Billionaire Class🚫 Anti-Globalism📹 Digital Surveillance🧐 Philanthropy Critique
Controligarchs Summary
Controligarchs 88%
A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.
by Seamus Bruner 2023
4.10
271 ratings
🌐 Global Elites💰 Billionaire Class🚫 Anti-Globalism📹 Digital Surveillance🧐 Philanthropy Critique
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