Bypassing Dystopia
Hope-Filled Challenges to Corporate Rule

Nelson, Joyce
Publisher:  Watershed Sentinel Books
Year Published:  2018  
Pages:  192pp   ISBN:  978-0-9953286-3-1
Library of Congress Number:  HB95.N45 2018   Dewey:  330.12'2
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX22151

Joyce Nelson explores global examples of active and creative resistance to the iron grip of corporatism on our economies and imaginations.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Targeting the Money Behind the Money
Divestment Is Forgoing a New Alliance
Sordid Tales of the "Magic Money Tree"
Tax Havens & The Other Paris Agreement
Resisting the Push for a "Cashless Society"
The Swiss "Sovereign Money" Radicals
Ecuador Changed the Paradigm
Existing Crappy Trade Deals : The Long Goodbye
The Elephant in the Trading Room
Debunking the Bogeyman: Credit Ratings Agencies
The Zapatistas vs. The Empire of Money
Getting Out From Under "Sovereign Debt"
Understanding the Housing Crisis
Saving Farmland From Casino Capitalist Landlords
Site C and NAWAPA: "Continental Water-Sharin"
Down To Earth: Cuba's Silver Lining
A Cautionary Tale: The Parking Meter Scandal that Ate Chicago 165

Conclusion

Acknowledgments
Endnotes
About the Author

Subject Headings