Berrett-Koehler Publishers

There are an overwhelming number of books published on the challenges of running large companies. And while approximately 50% of the U.S. workforce work for large companies (500 workers or more), the other 50% work for or own smaller scale businesses. Ben Cohen (of Be...

Privatization has been part of the conservative agenda for years, but now it has the power of the Bush administration and the Republican controlled Congress behind it. Schools, Social Security, public lands, the military, prisons--are all considered fair game. But doe...

In the groundbreaking bestseller Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich exposed how the dangerous combination of stagnant pay with rising costs of living is driving the working class into a situation where they can no longer make ends meet. As a result, the "Main...

"Ray Bourhis continues his strong commitment to justice by successfully taking on the insurance industry and criminal fraud in this compelling case study. He makes it clear that we need to do much more to end the shameful abus...

"LeRoy offers a parade of damning case studies showing why communities should not woo corporations with subsidies."
---Publishers Weekly

It's an all-too-familiar story: a large company i...

During the last two decades of the 20th century, societies around the world have made a bet on free markets and the corporation. The communist nations of Eastern Europe dismantled their state-controlled economies. China integrated private ownership into its industries...

SAN FRANCISCO - "Economic hit men," John Perkins writes in his controversial new book, "are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extorti...