This book is about an issue of our times which does not yet get the attention that it deserves - the growing dominance of huge transnational corporations over every aspect of our lives from executive super-pay to private sector pension funds. The authors of this book look at one particular kind of modern corporation - the hi-tech agro-chemical and genetic engineering companies that now dominate the food chain. In this richly detailed account, they show how a handful of companies have: -Accelerated the industrialization of agriculture and the integration of the global economy in order to gain...
This book is about an issue of our times which does not yet get the attention that it deserves - the growing dominance of huge transnational corporati...