Glen Atkinson, Foundation Professor Emeritus, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, Eric R. Hake, Elias B. Saleeby Professor of Economics, Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina and Stephen P. Paschall, formerly Lovett Bookman Harmon Marks LLP and Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh Law School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

‘Evolution of the Corporation in the United States is essential reading on today’s corporations. Combining economics, law, and finance, it demonstrates how corporations evolved from serving the public interest to advancing the private interest of financial elites. Anyone aiming to fashion an agenda for economic reform must begin with this book.’

• Contents: 1. Financialization and the corporation in the twenty-first century 2. Capitalist development 3. Widening of the market and the transition from scarcity to abundance 4. Role of the corporation 5. Failure of federal policy to achieve social control 6. Corporations and finance 7. Case studies in financialization 8. Creating the path forward by social control References List of cases Index

Glen Atkinson, Foundation Professor Emeritus, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, Eric R. Hake, Elias B. Saleeby Professor of Economics, Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina and Stephen P. Paschall, formerly Lovett Bookman Harmon Marks LLP and Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh Law School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

‘Evolution of the Corporation in the United States is essential reading on today’s corporations. Combining economics, law, and finance, it demonstrates how corporations evolved from serving the public interest to advancing the private interest of financial elites. Anyone aiming to fashion an agenda for economic reform must begin with this book.’

• Contents: 1. Financialization and the corporation in the twenty-first century 2. Capitalist development 3. Widening of the market and the transition from scarcity to abundance 4. Role of the corporation 5. Failure of federal policy to achieve social control 6. Corporations and finance 7. Case studies in financialization 8. Creating the path forward by social control References List of cases Index