Of the world’s 100 largest economies, 51 are now global corporations, rather than countries. (see chart)
“I hope we shall… crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and to bid defiance to the laws of their country.”
– Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Logan. November 12, 1816.
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