The ambivalence of corporate power
September 1
David Gelles, "The Moral Voice of Corporate America," New York Times, August 19, 2017.
Ryan Lizza, "The Rise and Fall of Steve Bannon," New Yorker, August 18, 2017.
Ultraviolet petition: "'Inclusive' Starbucks and Nike pay rent to white supremacy."
The military-industrial complex
September 8
Mills, The Power Elite.
Corporate ascendance
September 15
Loomis, Out of Sight: Introduction, chaps. 1-3, pp. 185-196.
Corporate decline?
September 22
Davis, The Vanishing American Corporation, especially chaps. 1-8, 12-13.
The corporate class
September 29
Domhoff, Who Rules America, Introduction and chaps. 1-3.
Scott, Power, chaps. 1-2.
October 6
Domhoff, Who Rules America, chaps. 4-9.
"The Deep Industry Ties of Trump’s Deregulation Teams," New York Times, July 11, 2017.
October 7-15
FALL BREAK.
Neoliberalism
October 20
1-page term-paper proposals due.
Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism
Scott, Power, chaps. 4-5.
Financial dominance
October 27
Foroohar, Makers and Takers: Author's Note, Introduction, chap. 1, pp. 62-71, 90-99, 121-127, 133-142, 152-161, 179-191, 210-215, 222-234, 237-243, 248-255, 285-291, chap. 11.
November 3
Part one of term paper due: case description and analysis.
Give 15-minute presentations of case studies in class.
November 10
Presentations of term-paper case studies (cont.).
Corporate ecologies
November 17
Obach, Organic Struggle.
November 24
NO CLASS: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
21st century monopolies
December 1
Part two of term paper due: theoretical hypothesis due.
Readings on Amazon/Whole Foods, Google, et al.
Robert B. Reich, Saving Capitalism (Knopf, 2015), 16-58, 153-167.
Foroohar, Makers and Takers: chap. 9.
Saving the system?
Wednesday, December 6
Georgescu, Capitalists Arise!
Tuesday, December 10: last day of study week
Final draft of term paper due.
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