Corporate Democracy in America: Octo Rehab Made Easy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798899780011)

Reform is in the air. Chronic problems are getting a look. Fixes are showing up, not just in America, but around the world. Why now? This book helps answer not only this question, but points to one step reformers ought to consider, upgrading America's antiquated model for large corporations.This book walks the reader through the history that led to the creation of the modern corporation. How did America's founders view them? When did the modern corporation show up? What kinds of chronic problems did the largest corporations create? What are the latest rehab suggestions? The subtitle emphasizes the connection with America's Founders' experience with colonial-era corporations and the current digital-era reformers. The structural issues faced in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries remain for today's reformers to address.

The author has a decades-long interest in an odd creature, the American corporation. The author graduated from UC Berkeley in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering and later attended the University of San Francisco School of Law. His primary interest is the application of network models and complex systems ideas to the environment, history, science, and civics. The author's first book, Into the Light: Reclaiming Africa's Stolen History is a Start, offers a brief tour of cultures rebounding from Europe's imperial onslaught. It asks why colonial-era narratives are still taught to our kids. How about teaching real history?The author enjoys family, math, science, reading, mountain activities, cycling, and most outdoor sports. He thrives on rousing discussions.