(Hunter 1953 ) Much of the capitalist wealth of America today has been created by a dynasty of some the nation's richest families of the Industrial Age, i.e. the Carnegies, Rockefellers, Fords, Motts, Pews and others. According to research done by Middle American News, the Foundations set up by these rich and powerful families constitute a hidden economy of some $300 billion, a sum which exceeds the GDP of Switzerland and is used to bankroll elitist activism profoundly influencing social policy and legislature. ... (Business Week 1989 ) In 1992 TNCs employed 73 million people, 10% of glob...

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It is applicable to human activities in the family, in work, in governance, and in the realm of spirituality. ... The individual citizen has the right to own and manage farms, factories, mines, railroads, securities, and houses. 3. ... A state whose government devotes a very large proportion of its activities and expenditures to the direct provision of personal benefits to be consumed by qualifying individuals or families (as contrasted with such more traditional and less individually divisible government activities as national defense, law enforcement, controlling the money supply, economic...

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