Business-Managed Democracy

“Business-managed democracies are those in which the political and cultural arrangements are managed in the interests of business”

Sharon Beder

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Introduction

Government
National Government
• Business Lobbies • Policy Planning Groups • Think Tanks • Consultants • Corporate Reach • References
International Coercion
• Direct Intervention • Development Banks • Washington Consensus • Financial Markets • World Trade Organization

• International Lobby Groups • References
Privatisation
• Privatisation Prices • Privatisation Problems • Rationale • Investment Capital • Driving Forces • Conglomerates • References
Trade Agenda
• The Uruguay Round • The GATT Agreement • Intellectual Property • The Doha Round • Business Networks • Regional Agreements • References
Trade in Services
• General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) • Early Business Lobbies • Financial Services • Business Coalitions • Business Strategies • References

Culture
Wealth as a Virtue
• Wealth as Greed • Wealth as Reward • Poverty as Punishment • References
Motivating Workers
• Work Ethic • Work and Identity • Increasing Productivity • Welfare Recipients • Welfare Systems • References
Media and PR
• Public Relations • Journalistic Objectivity • News Sources • Journalists • Ownership • Advertisers • News Content • References
Social Media
• Examples • Bots • Online News • The Filter Bubble • Elections • References
Consumerism
• Consumerism and Work • Subverting Discontent • Social Media • Advertising to Children • Marketing to Children • Consequences for Children

• References

Business Values
• Free Market Scriptures

• Early US Campaigns • Advertising Free Enterprise • Free Market Education • 1970s Free Market Education • Share Holding • References
Education
School Funding
• Taxation • Disconnect from Outcomes

• Underfunding of Schools • Funding Inequity • References
Commercialism
• Classroom Materials • Product Sales • Direct Advertising • Corporate Promotion • Market Research

• References
Sponsored Materials
• Nutrition and Health

• Environment and Energy • Economic Education • Government /Teacher Support

• References
Business Campaigns
• Key Individuals • Business Coalitions • Foundations • Think Tanks • National Summits

• Education Crises • Profit Seekers • References
Schools as Businesses
• Business Model • Devolution • Standards and Testing • High Stakes Testing • Consequences • References
Standardised Curricula
• Education Paradigms • Curriculum Content • Impact on Teaching • Outcomes

• References
School Choice
• Ideology

• Open Enrolments • Voucher Promotion • Vouchers in Practice • Private Schools

• References
Privatising Schools
• Charter Schools • Private Provision in UK • School Administration • Privatising Child Care

• Privatisation Proponents • References

Environment
Green Consumerism
• Problems • Examples • Labels • Change • References
Public Relations
• PR Companies • PR Strategies • Dealing with Activists • Examples • References
Front Groups/ Astroturf
• Front Groups • Examples • Astroturf • Political Influence • References
Wise Use Movement
• Conception

• Beliefs and Goals • Strategies and Tactics • Corporate Support

• Wise Use Groups
• References
Think Tanks
• Examples • Casting Doubt • Attacking Environmentalists • Attacking Regulation • Market Environmentalism • References
Global Warming
• Vested Interests • Greenwash • Casting Doubt • Front Groups/Astroturf • Denial Scientists • Think Tanks • Consultants • References
SLAPPs
• Aims and Objectives • Targets and Grounds • Examples • Australian Examples • Responses

• References
The Media
• Framing the News • News Sources

• Examples • Media Ownership • References
Environmentalists
• Sustainable Development • Shades of Environmentalism • Funding • Business Connections • Free Market Environmentalism • References

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