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How Corporations make government decisions: The Secret Power of the New Politics. Introduction In the present democracies, governments are supposed to bear the interests of its citizens. Nevertheless, in the real world, big corporations tend to have a big impact on the process of forming the public policy and making political choices. Their influence, wealth, and connections enable them to influence the legislation, regulatory policies, and national economic strategies in a manner that may not be clear to the masses. Corporate power over the government is not necessarily illegal and underhand. In most instances it is legal in that it works via lobbying, campaign funding and policy consultation. However critics are of the view that when corporations end up having too much power in the political process, it may result in an unbalance, where economic power takes a front seat over the democratic process. To comprehend the effect corporations have on governmental decisions, it is necessary ...

The story of BlackRock — the quiet titan reshaping modern finance Introduction — A single company that reads like a map of global capital Imagine a firm so large that the numbers attached to it look more like the GDP of a country than the balance sheet of a company. Imagine that firm quietly sitting as a major shareholder across hundreds — even thousands — of the world’s largest corporations, advising governments in crises and running investment programs that touch the pensions, savings, and retirement plans of ordinary people. That firm is BlackRock: born from a risk-management idea in 1988 and today central to how modern markets function. Wikipedia +1 1) How big is BlackRock really? — A number so large it changes the frame of reference BlackRock’s Assets Under Management (AUM) have climbed into the trillions — historically cited at $9.4 trillion in mid-2023 and reported at even higher levels in subsequent filings and investor reports, making it the largest asset manager in the ...