Prologue: the Great Recession Durcharbeitung -- Introduction: the nature of the firm and its governance -- Part I: instituting the firm -- 1. Corporate law and the legal environment of the firm -- 2. Managerialism, the problem of principal-agent relations, and free market advocacy -- Part II:...

Content: Introduction: The political constitution of the corporation -- 1. The legal invention of the incorporated business -- 2. Market regulation and corporate interests -- 3. The market for political influence -- 4. The question of corporate social responsibilities -- 5. The corporation and...