How Corporations Have Taken Over Government, Nonprofit and Regulatory Agencies (Video)
Investigative journalist Russell Mokhiber (pictured right) discusses distressing developments surrounding corporate crime with Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges. Investigative journalist Russell Mokhiber (pictured right) discusses distressing developments surrounding corporate crime with Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges.
“All the checks and balances—from press to public interest groups to criminal prosecutors—are slowly being cut back,” investigative journalist Russell Mokhiber tells Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges in a discussion about corporate crime.
— Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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