"As institutional psychopaths, corporations are wont to remove obstacles that get into their way."
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Chapter 4, Democracy Ltd., p. 85
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Joel Bakan
Joel Conrad Bakan (born 1959) is a Canadian lawyer and writer. He was educated at , , and Harvard Law School. He has taught law at at and the . He also served as a clerk for Chief Justice Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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