Corporations Quote by Guy Standing

Corporations now govern society, perhaps more than governments themselves do; yet ironically, it is their very power, much of which they have gained through…

— Joel Bakan

The corporation is the dominant and dominating institution of our time. Governments identify growth and development with commercial corporations and shower them with subsidies,…

— Eric Kierans

By leveraging their freedom from the bonds of location, corporations could now dictate the economic policy of governments.

— Joel Bakan

Economic globalization creates wealth, but only for the elite who benefit from the surge of consolidations, mergers, global scale technology, and financial activity.

— Anita Roddick

The global financial crisis is a great opportunity to showcase and propagate both causal and moral institutional analysis. The crisis shows major flaws in…

— Thomas Pogge

“Governments had socialized the liabilities of the core institutions of the global financial system.”

— Martin Wolf

The triumph of economic globalization has inspired a wave of techno-savvy investigative activists who are as globally minded as the corporations they track.

— Naomi Klein

Governments have been ceding power to big multinational corporations in the market. We see the manifest in a variety of ways. Where governments are…

— Noreena Hertz

But in general, as countries get wealthier, there's going to be more savings, which means you're going to have intermediation. So part of it…

— Jamie Dimon

Corporations are driving down wages and working conditions across the globe to maximize returns for their shareholders. They use their power and influence to…

— Winnie Byanyima

Corporations are created by the people, acting through their governments. We grant them corporate charters that confer certain legal rights and privileges, like the…

— Jim McGovern

I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and…

— David Rockefeller