Beatrice Edwards

The Rise of the American Corporate Security State

Six Reasons to Be Afraid

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Produktbeschreibung

In the United States today, our Bill of Rights has been rendered pointless by heavy surveillance of average citizens, political persecution of dissenters, and the threat of indefinite detention now codified into law. Corporations reap handsome profits collecting information for various agencies - 70 percent of the US intelligence budget is paid to private contractors. As a result, we now live in a Corporate Security State where the government is more interested in safeguarding the health of the companies who serve it than the citizens who support it. The Rise of the American Corporate Security State details the massive amount of information the government is collecting and exposes how far it's willing to go to conceal its activities and punish anyone who dares expose it. Further, the blurring of the boundaries between business and government is enabling corporations to spy on employees and citizens in the name of "cybersecurity" and has hobbled attempts to punish the corporate institutions responsible for the financial collapse of 2008. But Edwards offers a plan for fighting back - steps we can demand to restore transparency to government, keep private information private, and make democracy a reality once again.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 171g
• ISBN-13: 9781626561946
• ISBN-10: 162656194X
• Artikelnr.: 39615279

Autorenporträt

Beatrice Edwards

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
PART I: THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
Chapter 1: The Government-Corporate Complex: What It Knows About You
Reason to be afraid #1: Average citizens are subject to ever-expanding
surveillance and data collection by the government-corporate complex.
Chapter 2: Official Secrets: Absolute Control
Reason to be afraid #2: Control of information by the government-corporate
complex is expanding.
Chapter 3: The Constitution Intact; The Bill of Rights Annulled
Reason to be afraid #3: Rights guaranteed by Constitutional Amendments are
becoming irrelevant. Reporting a crime may be a crime and informing the
public of the truth is treason.
PART II: THE CORPORATE SECURITY COMPLEX
Chapter 4: Zombie Law: The Corporate Security Campaign That Will Not Die
Reason to be afraid #4: The government-corporate surveillance complex is
consolidating. What has been a confidential but informal collaboration now
seeks to legalize its special status.
Chapter 5: Financial Reform: Dead on Arrival
Reason to be afraid #5: Financial reforms enacted after the crisis are
inoperable and ineffective because of inadequate investigations and
intensive corporate lobbying.
Chapter 6: Prosecution Deferred: Justice Denied
Reason to be Afraid #6: Systemic corruption and a fundamental conflict of
interest are driving us toward the precipice of new economic crises.
Chapter 7: The New Regime
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
About GAP