**Why companies want you to rent, not buy, from them**
Companies increasingly want you to rent their products. They call it a ‘subscription’, a lease, a service, or a tenancy agreement.
It’s so much more profitable for them. But it’s just the latest form of peonage. Learn more:
Delegates and speakers at a major cancer conference discovered that the event was sponsored by two cigarette companies, Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco.
The Economist magazine’s events department was taking money from tobacco companies to sponsor its 10th annual ‘World Cancer Series Europe’ conference.
Do lawyers have a guilty conscience? And if not, should they? We reflect on legal ethics.
Who runs capitalism? It isn’t corporations and the wealthy.
The truth is, every day, an unseen army is working to advance the aims of corporations and the rich.
It’s the Concierge Class.
Who is The Concierge Class?
It’s the millions of people who earn their living by working for the wealthy and/or the corporations. To the disadvantage of democracy.
Are you one of them?
Members of the Concierge Class work for corporations and the wealthy. There are four categories: the Magicians, the Fixers, the Pushers, and the Suppliers.
Each has a malevolent effect on society.
Are you a member?