How the Lobbyists Control Democracy

Reveals the covert activities of corporate spies and exposes the labyrinthine network of think-tanks and pressure groups making sure that the 'news' we are fed 24 hours a day, is in line with corporate interests. This book also shows how the world's most powerful corporate lobbyists can exert their influence on western governments.

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Ever since the 1970s lobbyists, spin doctors and PR gurus have been slowly but surely hijacking the democratic process in the interests of big business - using smoke and mirrors to sustain the illusion of choice and free-will. In "The Cutting Edge", Miller and Dinan go undercover amongst Westminster's most influential lobbyists, reveal the covert activities of corporate spies and expose the labyrinthine network of think tanks and pressure groups busy making sure that the 'news' we are fed 24 hours a day is in line with corporate interests. Most tellingly, they show how the world's most powerful corporate lobbyists can exert their influence on western governments, ensuring that the most pressing issues of our time - poverty, war, climate change - cannot be openly and effectively addressed. As members of a so-called free democratic electorate, we need to know just how corporate spin acts as the cutting edge of global corporate power.