At last, a lucid account of how transnational corporations which should be accountable are destroying the lives of the world's poor. Read it, and understand how we can regain control over the powerful forces that are shaping our future.

Barry Coates, World Development Movement

Authoritative and highly readable. Madeley names the names and tells the stories to provide a clear answer to those who cling to the myth that foreign investment, transnational corporations, the IMF, the World Bank and UNDP are an answer to the prayers of the poor. An excellent book that should be read by everyone committed to ending global poverty.

David C. Korten, The People-Centered Development Forum

Millions of people around the world are working for more effective means of holding big business accountable for its human rights impacts. John Madeley's expertly researched and highly readable book shows how necessary and how difficult the task is proving to be.

Miles Litvinoff, Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility

Readable and persuasive ... a timely and cogent examination of transnational corporations, the engines that drive globalization.

New Internationalist

A searing indictment of contemporary corporate plunder, this book constructs an airtight case for international regulation of TNCs

Walden Bello