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It is important to talk about corporations as a class, about trade agreements, and about government policy; but without examining specific examples of how real corporations actually shape the world to suit their purposes, we stand little chance of understanding the determinative forces behind government policy and trade agreements, and even less chance of affecting them. This article uses the metaphor of “genetics” (inherent character) to examine two major transnational corporations operating at the extremes of restructuring life.
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Kneen, B. Restructuring food for corporate profit: The corporate genetics of Cargill and Monsanto. Agriculture and Human Values 16, 161–167 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007586710282
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