Titans of capital : how concentrated wealth threatens humanity / Peter Phillips ; foreword by Dan Kovalik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Peter, 1947- author.

Contributor:

Kovalik, Dan, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution.

Distributive justice.

Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects.

Wealth.

Wealth--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

252 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Fair Oaks, CA : The Censored Press ; Seven Stories Press, [2024]

Summary:

"In Titans of Capital, Peter Phillips, a political sociologist, poses three key research questions: To what extent do the wealthy influence--or even dominate--decision making that affects all of us in society? Who are the most powerful people? And how does the accumulation of capital work? Networks of wealthy individuals have evolved since the COVID-19 pandemic, and Titans of Capital shows how the financial investments of transnational elites threaten human rights and the future of the planet."-- Amazon.com.

Contents:

Foreword / by Dan Kovalik

Introduction

Titans of capital: concentrated global elites manage world wealth

Who controls world capital?

The world economic forum: saviors of capitalism, and climate-crisis profiteers

Titans in socially harmful investments: tobacco, alcohol, plastics, firearms, gambling, and private prisons

Titans' investments in war and the international weapons trade

China: building a multipolar world

Russia: an ideological challenge to global capitalism

Crash of the titans: building a better world

Acknowledgments

Appendix: 2018 letter to the global power elite.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781644214336

1644214334

OCLC:

1430500826

Publisher Number:

90100517757