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Taming corporate power

In a week-long series, writers consider how governments and communities can understand and confront the power of the multinational giants
  • A worker collects coffee beans in Nicaragua

    Pitfalls of tax rules and contracts

  • luxembourg city centre

    Expect loopholes to be fully exploited

  • Activistsin Belgium protest against TTIP

    TTIP could negate government policy

  • Occupy protesters in Parliament Square

    Private elites cling to their privileges

  • Corporate power only serves the interests of those at the top

  • Individualism at the root of the problem

  • As Prem Sikka of Essex University observes: 'Corporations have no loyalty to any place, people or co

    The Guardian view on taming corporate power

  • Larry Elliott

    Boardroom greed: how to bring an errant multinational to heel

    Larry Elliott
  • A broker watches the share prices at the stock exchange in Frankfurt tumble

    Break the stranglehold of shareholders

    Prem Sikka
    Prem Sikka: Taming corporate power: Those who provide a fraction of company funding make all the key decisions. No wonder so few large corporations serve society
  • Nesrine Malik

    Too big and too scary, but the global fat cats can be chopped down to size

    Nesrine Malik
    Nesrine Malik: Taming corporate power: We need to break up multinationals and leave tax dodgers nowhere to hide
  • Aditya Chakrabortty

    Business giants walk off with our billions. No more something for nothing

    Aditya Chakrabortty
    Aditya Chakrabortty: Taming corporate power: The state has the powers to make business serve us better. A north London borough is leading the way
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