This book provides a history of the WTO US-EU banana dispute through the lens of a major actor: the US-owned multinational firm, Chiquita Brands International. It documents and explains how Chiquita succeeded in having the Clinton administration pursue a trade policy of forcing the European...

The economics of inequality -- The politics of inequality -- The funding and biases of American politics -- History and reform efforts -- The problem of government -- The need for public financing -- Organizing for democracy