Thanks for this article. I think you are on the right track. I am looking forward to hear more. Have you looked into limited liability and corporate personhood? Also the history of the corporation turned up some surprising insights to me (eg that the Boston Tea Party was not a protest against the British government but a protest against corporate power in the form of the East India Company).
Thanks for your comment! Those are some big topics, the impacts (positive and negative) of LLC/corporate personhood is definitely outside of my wheelhouse right now, but I'd love to read more about it if you have any suggestions.
And I had heard of that reasoning behind the Boston Tea Party (maybe in A People's History of the U.S?). I'm collecting up some sources right now to write about the harm of IMF imposed economic policies, and I've realized there are many historical examples of protectionist economic policy being necessary to develop an economy.
It seems we share some interests. I am happy to be in touch. My expertise is in math and computer science. When it comes to all the other topics, I am only an interested and concerned citizen who tries to understand the world.
On the East India Company an excellent book is William Dalrymple. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire (2019).
On LLC and corporate personhood, I have not done too much reading (which was one of the reasons I was asking). Just found Joel Bakan, The Corporation ... looks like it could be a starting point.
A devastating book on shareholder capitalism is David Gelles (2022) The Man Who Broke Capitalism. How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America—and How to Undo His Legacy ... btw it contains some insights on why Boeing is such a mess.
A book I have not read yet, but which I believe details Doctorow's important insights on "enshittification" is Cory Doctorow (2023) The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.
It does sound like it. I have a degree in physics and Spanish/Latin American culture and history (nothing radicalizes you like learning Latin American history).
Thanks for the book recommendations the East India one sounds very interesting. And I read the book about Jack Welch last year. I think it pairs really well with Winners Take All by Anand Ghiridaradas. I'm also a huge fan of Doctorow, the most recent of his books I read was Chokepoint Capitalism about creative industries and the middleman companies that harm artists, authors, musicians, etc. I'll have to take a look at the book you mentioned.
I'll likely be around here for a while, writing about what I'm reading. Feel free to follow or subscribe, I'd be happy to hear your thoughts on other topics.
I took physics as a minor. And backpacked in Latin America 30 years ago. Definitely influenced my outlook on things. I know about Anand's book, but didnt read it. I only read the beginnings of Chokepoint Capitalism. Currently, I am reading Behave of Sapolsky, he has some important insights on the biology of our decision making.
Thanks for this article. I think you are on the right track. I am looking forward to hear more. Have you looked into limited liability and corporate personhood? Also the history of the corporation turned up some surprising insights to me (eg that the Boston Tea Party was not a protest against the British government but a protest against corporate power in the form of the East India Company).
Thanks for your comment! Those are some big topics, the impacts (positive and negative) of LLC/corporate personhood is definitely outside of my wheelhouse right now, but I'd love to read more about it if you have any suggestions.
And I had heard of that reasoning behind the Boston Tea Party (maybe in A People's History of the U.S?). I'm collecting up some sources right now to write about the harm of IMF imposed economic policies, and I've realized there are many historical examples of protectionist economic policy being necessary to develop an economy.
It seems we share some interests. I am happy to be in touch. My expertise is in math and computer science. When it comes to all the other topics, I am only an interested and concerned citizen who tries to understand the world.
On the East India Company an excellent book is William Dalrymple. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire (2019).
On LLC and corporate personhood, I have not done too much reading (which was one of the reasons I was asking). Just found Joel Bakan, The Corporation ... looks like it could be a starting point.
A devastating book on shareholder capitalism is David Gelles (2022) The Man Who Broke Capitalism. How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America—and How to Undo His Legacy ... btw it contains some insights on why Boeing is such a mess.
A book I have not read yet, but which I believe details Doctorow's important insights on "enshittification" is Cory Doctorow (2023) The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.
It does sound like it. I have a degree in physics and Spanish/Latin American culture and history (nothing radicalizes you like learning Latin American history).
Thanks for the book recommendations the East India one sounds very interesting. And I read the book about Jack Welch last year. I think it pairs really well with Winners Take All by Anand Ghiridaradas. I'm also a huge fan of Doctorow, the most recent of his books I read was Chokepoint Capitalism about creative industries and the middleman companies that harm artists, authors, musicians, etc. I'll have to take a look at the book you mentioned.
I'll likely be around here for a while, writing about what I'm reading. Feel free to follow or subscribe, I'd be happy to hear your thoughts on other topics.
I took physics as a minor. And backpacked in Latin America 30 years ago. Definitely influenced my outlook on things. I know about Anand's book, but didnt read it. I only read the beginnings of Chokepoint Capitalism. Currently, I am reading Behave of Sapolsky, he has some important insights on the biology of our decision making.