Here is the link to an important website devoted to understanding the legal status of corporations in America, especially as they affect democracy. I have been aware of the Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy (POCLAD), for over twenty years and have found the group to be very useful in understanding the history of corporations and how they came to have so much power in America.
Most every great nation in history has struggled in some fashion with the powers of accumulated wealth. America is no different. POCLAD helps understand the "how." What America needs most is to understand is the "why." I have found it is possible to develop a beginning understanding of why corporations have had so much power accrue to them. While it is difficult to deal in-depth with this here, I am happy to share what I know on an individual basis. I may be reached through the commenting function below each post.
http://www.poclad.org/
Most every great nation in history has struggled in some fashion with the powers of accumulated wealth. America is no different. POCLAD helps understand the "how." What America needs most is to understand is the "why." I have found it is possible to develop a beginning understanding of why corporations have had so much power accrue to them. While it is difficult to deal in-depth with this here, I am happy to share what I know on an individual basis. I may be reached through the commenting function below each post.
http://www.poclad.org/
Here is an especially useful, and even humorous, article on the birth of America's oldest "person."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.poclad.org/BWA/2015/BWA_2015_May.html