In Defense of the Corporation

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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).

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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]

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