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Zusatztext 'Sharon Beder has taken the taboo subjects of propaganda and censorship in free societies and exposed their insidious threat.'John Pilger'Beder's analysis is comprehensive, steely and clinical. She lifts the lid on an elaborate tapestry of lies, deceit, intimidation and destruction.'Harold Pinter'[Beder is] the scourge of the world's environment-damaging corporates and public relations bosses.'Evening Post, New Zealand'[Beder] is the master of the soundbite and is a communications Rottweiler... [She] exposes conspiracies and scandals of the highest dimensions.'Michael Pollak and Margaret MacNabb, Hale & Iremonger Informationen zum Autor Professor Beder is a qualified professional engineer and worked in this field until a career shift into researching and teaching environmental politics. She has held a number of appointments at Australian universities over the past two decades - most recently as professor in the School of Social Sciences! Media and Communication at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Her previous books include Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism. Klappentext The global corporate elite have rewritten the rules of the global economy to line their pockets. This book offers insights on the insidious underbelly of this global trend to show how they have also orchestrated a mass propaganda campaign to manipulate community values and convince us that their interest is in our interest. Zusammenfassung The global corporate elite have rewritten the rules of the global economy to line their pockets. This book offers insights on the insidious underbelly of this global trend to show how they have also orchestrated a mass propaganda campaign to manipulate community values and convince us that their interest is in our interest. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Free Market Gospel * Promoting Business Values ?*Advertising Free Enterprise * Free Market ?'ducation' * Economic 'Education' in the 1970s * Exporting Free Market Education * Pro-Business Policies as Ideology * Disseminating Pro-Business Policies * Think Tanks Down Under * Economic Advisers * People's Capitalism * Shareholder Democracy * Fiddling with Kiddy Minds * Conclusion ...
