In Defense of the Corporation
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
- Locke, Edwin A. (July 1979). "Review". Academy of Management Review. 4 (3): 475–477. JSTOR 257210.
- F. G. Kempin Jr., American Business Law Journal,
- Lee E. Preston, The Bell Journal of Economics, JSTOR 3003366
- Kemmerer, Donald L. (Autumn 1979). "Review". Business History Review. 53 (3): 395–396. JSTOR 3114094.
- Walter Werner, Columbia Law Review, JSTOR 1121936
- John C. Goodman, Journal of Economic Literature, JSTOR 2723920
- Peterson, William H. (Spring 1980). "The Market Society". Modern Age. 24 (2): 206–207.
- Baysinger, Barry D. (1981). "Review". Public Choice. 36 (1): 201–204. JSTOR 30023432.
- Richard D. Auster, Southern Economic Journal, JSTOR 1057263
- Robert C. Downs, UMKC Law Review,
- Henry G. Manne, University of Miami Law Review,
- Kelley, David (April 23, 1979). "Barron's on Books". Barron's. Vol. 59, no. 17. p. 55 – via ProQuest.
- "In Defense Of the Corporation (Book Review)". Human Events. Vol. 39, no. 40. October 6, 1979. p. 10 – via ProQuest.
- Goldstein, Tom (July 14, 1979). "Corporations and the State". The New York Times. p. D4.
- Armentano, D. (July 1979). "In Defense of the Corporation". Reason.
- "Briefly Noted" (PDF). Worldview. Vol. 22, no. 7–8. July–August 1979. p. 56.