In Defense of the Corporation

1975 nonfiction book by Robert Hessen

In Defense of the Corporation is a nonfiction book by the business historian Robert Hessen. It was published by the Hoover Institution Press in 1979. In the book, Hessen defends the corporation as a legitimate institution against criticisms leveled by Ralph Nader and Mark J. Green in their co-written books Corporate Power in America (1973) and Taming the Giant Corporation (1976).

Reviews

Academic journals reviewing In Defense of the Corporation include the Academy of Management Review,[1] American Business Law Journal,[2] The Bell Journal of Economics,[3] Business History Review,[4] Columbia Law Review,[5] Journal of Economic Literature,[6] Modern Age,[7] Public Choice,[8] Southern Economic Journal,[9] the UMKC Law Review,[10] and the University of Miami Law Review.[11] The book was also reviewed in Barron's,[12] Human Events,[13] The New York Times,[14] Reason,[15] and Worldview.[16]

References

  1. ^ Locke, Edwin A. (July 1979). "Review". Academy of Management Review. 4 (3): 475–477. JSTOR 257210.
  2. ^ Kempin, Frederick G. Jr (Spring 1980). "Book Reviews: In Defense of the Corporation". American Business Law Journal. 18 (1): 123–129. doi:10.1111/j.1744-1714.1980.tb00034.x.
  3. ^ Preston, Lee E. (Autumn 1979). "Review: Vogel's Lobbying the Corporation, Winter's Government and the Corporation, and Hessen's In Defense of the Corporation". The Bell Journal of Economics. 10 (2): 733–736. doi:10.2307/3003366. JSTOR 3003366.
  4. ^ Kemmerer, Donald L. (Autumn 1979). "Review". Business History Review. 53 (3): 395–396. doi:10.2307/3114094. JSTOR 3114094. S2CID 154252060.
  5. ^ Werner, Walter (March 1979). "Book Review". Columbia Law Review. 79 (2): 401–403. JSTOR 1121936.
  6. ^ Goodman, John C. (March 1980). "[Review of In Defense of the Corporation]". Journal of Economic Literature. 18 (1): 155–156. JSTOR 2723920.
  7. ^ Peterson, William H. (Spring 1980). "The Market Society". Modern Age. 24 (2): 206–207.
  8. ^ Baysinger, Barry D. (1981). "Review". Public Choice. 36 (1): 201–204. JSTOR 30023432.
  9. ^ Auster, Richard D. (April 1980). "[Review of In Defense of the Corporation]". Southern Economic Journal. 46 (4): 1250–1251. JSTOR 1057263.
  10. ^ Downs, Robert C. (Spring 1980). "Book Review: Hessen: In Defense of the Corporation". UMKC Law Review. 48 (3): 502–505.
  11. ^ Manne, Henry G. (September 1979). "Book Review: Hessen: In Defense of the Corporation". University of Miami Law Review. 33 (5): 1649–1655.
  12. ^ Kelley, David (April 23, 1979). "Barron's on Books". Barron's. Vol. 59, no. 17. p. 55. ProQuest 350673630 – via ProQuest.
  13. ^ "In Defense Of the Corporation (Book Review)". Human Events. Vol. 39, no. 40. October 6, 1979. p. 10. ProQuest 1310009374 – via ProQuest.
  14. ^ Goldstein, Tom (July 14, 1979). "Corporations and the State". The New York Times. p. D4.
  15. ^ Armentano, D. T. (July 1979). "Books: In Defense of the Corporation". Reason. pp. 45–46.
  16. ^ "Briefly Noted" (PDF). Worldview. Vol. 22, no. 7–8. July–August 1979. p. 56.

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