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Ecocide by David Whyte
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IN ECOCIDE, David Whyte seeks not to dole out blame to specific corporations for climate change but instead to show that the structure of a corporation is inherently deadly to humanity – and in this he succeeds.
The book covers what a corporation is, traces the history of corporate capitalism and critiques modern attempts to control corporations through regulation. Throughout, Whyte threads in the story of the first recorded profit-making corporation, which serves to illustrate his central thesis.
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