The genius of the corporation as a business form, and the reason for its remarkable rise over the last three… — Joel Bakan
The genius of the corporation as a business form, and the reason for its remarkable rise over the last three centuries , was - and is - its capacity to combine the capital, and thus the economic power, of unlimited numbers of people.
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