Profit without transparency -- Possibilities and opportunities -- The secret power of attorney -- No law, no crime -- Halliburton's hidden Treuhand : fleecing the American taxpayer? -- Shock and awe : Iraq- Halliburton's subsidiary -- Reassessing Halliburton -- Zero transparency with Treuhand...

"This volume analyses contemporary capitalism and its crises based on a theory of capitalist evolution known as the social structure of accumulation (SSA) theory. It applies this theory to explain the severe financial and economic crisis that broke out in 2008 and the kind of changes required to...

Preface / Robert W. McChesney -- Introduction -- Financial capitalism and financialization -- Finance and information -- Financialization in the world's top media conglomerates -- Risks of media financialization for journalism

The "selling" of the American economy -- The invisible worker -- Foreign capital -- Not in my backyard -- Not in Washington's backyard, either -- Foreign owners, American management -- The welcome mat -- The race between the states -- View from the top -- The new face of the American economy