The Global Power Project, an investigative series produced by Occupy.com, aims to identify and connect the worldwide institutions and individuals who comprise today's global power oligarchy. By studying the relationships and varying levels of leadership that govern our planet's most influential institutions — from banks, corporations and financial institutions to think tanks, foundations and universities — this project seeks to expose the complex, highly integrated network of influence wielded by relatively few individuals on a national and transnational basis. This is not a study of wealth, but a study of power.Truthout
Global Power Project, Part 1: Exposing the Transnational Capitalist Class
Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com | News Analysis
I think that the term "capitalist class" is misused here. C. Wright Mills's term "the power elite" is more apt. It's not simply the owners of the means of production or the directors of finance capital that are involved in the power elite. It's an intricate web of power relationships that also involves considerable jockeying for power within the web itself.
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