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Are multinationals now more powerful than the nation state?

18 September 2018

7:55 AM

18 September 2018

7:55 AM

If you look outside your window, the world is telling us that neoliberal globalisation has transferred too much power from states to multiple transnational corporations. This shift can be witnessed in corporations such as Facebook and Google through elements including capital, tax evasion, lobbying and political censorship. This has caused a decline in the state’s power and thus a resurgence of right-wing protectionist politics throughout the world.

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