● Taming the Octopus: The Long Battle for the Soul of the Corporation
Kyle Edward Williams
Review via The Wall Street Journal
The question of corporate purpose is central to Kyle Edward Williams’s “Taming the Octopus,” a history of efforts by American government officials and activists to rein in corporate power and even harness it to their favorite causes. These efforts are based on the idea that the limited-liability corporation, “its tentacles wrapped around the globe many times over,” ought to be accountable. But, as the author asks: “Accountable to whom or to what?”