It is precisely the need to challenge the notion of an unconditional right of property and to insist on the public accountability of its owners – taking account of the immense power of corporations to influence the welfare of society – which now demands to be grasped. The justification for doing so …
In fact almost their only concerted actions over the years have been precisely those designed to dismantle the few instruments of control previously available to them (such as those over cross-border capital movements). On the occasions when they are moved to express concern about the damaging con…