TY - BOOK AU - Borosage,Robert AU - Brenner,Philip AU - Weidner,Bethany AU - Adams,Gordon AU - Alperovitz,Gar AU - Barnet,Richard J. AU - Müller,Ronald E. AU - Collins,Joseph AU - Faux,Geoffrey AU - Lyons,Nancy AU - Upton,Letitia AU - Maccoby,Michael AU - Terzi,Katherine A. AU - Nader,Ralph AU - Green,Mark AU - O'Connor,James AU - Raskin,Marcus ED - U.S. Tariff Commission TI - Exploring contradictions: political economy in the corporate state SN - 0679302557 AV - HC 106.6 .B68 1974 U1 - 330.9/73/092 PY - 1974/// CY - New York PB - David McKay Company, Inc. KW - International business enterprises KW - United States KW - Economic conditions KW - 1971-1981 KW - Economic policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-268); Part I. Overview; Chapter 1. Linking liberation and politics; Marcus Raskin; Part II. Contradictions in the political economy; Chapter 2. Inflation, fiscal crisis, and the American working class; James O'Connor --; Chapter 3. Global corporations: their quest for legitimacy; Richard J. Barnet, Ronald E. Müller, with Joseph Collins --; Chapter 4. Money crises and the operation of multinational firms; U.S. Tariff Commission --; Chapter 5. Basic facts: distribution of personal income and wealth in the United States; Letitia Upton, Nancy Lyons --; Chapter 6. Character and work in America; Michael Maccoby, Katherine A. Terzi; Part III. Alternatives for reconstruction; Chapter 7. Federal chartering and corporate accountability; Ralph Nader, Mark Green --; Chapter 8. Public ownership and private benefits: the case of Rolls-Royce; Gordon Adams --; Chapter 9. Notes toward a pluralist commonwealth; Gar Alperovitz --; Chapter 10. Reclaiming America: land reform as a means of reconstruction; Geoffrey Faux N2 - "The book is a collection of articles on political economy written by scholars who span the social sciences. Three important developments in the political economy — the growing fiscal crisis of the state, the rise of multinational corporations, and the roots of worker unrest — are described in part 1. Part 2 takes up specific proposals for reconstruction from a humanist perspective." -- From the dust jacket UR - https://archive.org/details/exploringcontrad0000bren ER -