Big Business and the State

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The book presents a conceptual framework that redefines the understanding of corporations by emphasizing the importance of corporate property rights and legal ownership. It analyzes three pivotal corporate transformations over the past 110 years, highlighting how big businesses responded to economic crises by influencing political behavior and pressuring state managers to adjust institutional arrangements. Through historical context, it reveals the interplay between corporate actions and state responses during critical periods in economic history.