SOCIAL SCIENCES

CEO Society: The Corporate Takeover of Everyday Life

by Carl Rhodes
Bloom, Peter & . Zed. Apr. 2018. 224p. notes. index. ISBN 9781786990723. pap. $22.95; ebk. ISBN 9781786990754. ECON
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Bloom (people & organizations, Open Univ.; Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Globalization) and Rhodes (management, Macquarie Univ.; coauthor, Critical Representations of Work and Organization in Popular Culture) describe the fetishization of corporate executive officers (CEOs) in today's global culture. CEOs are superheroes, political saviors, and lifestyle gurus all rolled into a universal role model. The authors discuss the cutthroat competition, the myth of corporate leaders as master politicians, and how their "cost of everything, value of nothing" worldview is foisted upon us by media controlled by the very idols they venerate.
VERDICT This quick and engaging read will appeal to anyone interested in the impact of globalism and the worship of corporatism.
Reviewed by Duncan Stewart, Univ. of Iowa Libs., Iowa City , Apr 01, 2019
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