Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Acknowledgments
5. 1 Total Destruction?
   1. Pledging sustainability
   2. Big-business sustainability
   3. Better than nothing?
   4. Big business
   5. The chapters ahead
   6. Notes
6. 2 The Rising Power of Big Business
   1. The emergence of TNCs
   2. The post World War II explosion
   3. Re-engineering consumer cultures
   4. The concentration of wealth and power
   5. Notes
7. 3 The Business of CSR
   1. CSR as a public relations strategy
   2. CSR as a business strategy
   3. Walmart: “Save Money. Live Better”
   4. Taking over responsibility
   5. Notes
8. 4 The Dark Side of Big Business
   1. Evading taxes
   2. Breaking the law
   3. Obfuscation and obstruction
   4. In the shadows
   5. Notes
9. 5 The Consumption Problem
   1. Manufacturing overconsumption
   2. The shadows of consumption
   3. The plastic crisis
   4. Defining our age
   5. Notes
10. 6 Less Destruction
    1. The power of environmentalism
    2. The failures of environmentalism
    3. Doing less damage
    4. Notes
    5. Further Reading
11. End User License Agreement

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