Global Enterprise and Private Profits

The plot of the book is about how the rule of law functions to protect corporate structures that facilitate the commission of globalized fraud and abuse. The rules of law are used to dilute and hide accountability of high managerial agents, performing as a tool in aid of centralized and concentrated capital interests.

Auteur

Javier Ortega is Professor of Criminal Law in Argentina, doctor in Public Law and Government Economics (UNT), doctor in Political Science (UCM) and has a master's degree in Latin American Economic Development (UNIA). He has extensive experience as an attorney in the public sector. David Shapiro is a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a senior college within the City University of New York. He has a master's degree in business administration and a juris doctor degree in law. David Shapiro has experience in the public and private sectors, focusing on fraud examination, financial forensics, and inspection and oversight.

Contenu

List of figures List of tables About the authors Acknowledgments Preface The power of finance Capital and the puppeteers' strings The new Olympus: Corporations (and other fictitious entities) Emigration of the surplus value (cui bono?) Development as a protected legal asset Neoliberalism and the State Assets fleeing on corporate vehicles Conclusions An epilogue that should be a prologue Bibliography Index.