The End of Power (56 page)

Communist Manifesto, The
(Marx and Engels),
47

Compaq,
166

Competition,
4
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21
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23
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27
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28
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29
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30
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31
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44
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50
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60
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94
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101
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102
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135
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147
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159
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169
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172
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184
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191
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200
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214
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217
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221
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250

and branding,
179

competitive advantage,
162
,
176

hypercompetition,
105
,
122–123
,
187
,
226
,
230
,
233

perfect competition,
168
,
224

political competition,
85
,
123
,
252–254
,
253–254
(figs.)

ruinous competition,
224–225

Compromise,
77
,
238

Computers,
3
,
31
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44
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48
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54
,
66
,
159
,
179

operating systems,
27

See also
Internet

“Concept of Power, The” (Dahl),
16

Conflict,
23
,
27
,
31
,
66
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123
,
217

nonstate armed conflicts,
109

regional conflicts,
135

See also
Wars

Confucius Institutes,
148

Congress,
68
,
76
,
79
,
87
,
91
,
223

Constraints,
2
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13
,
17

Containerization,
173

Contracts,
33
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43
,
171

Cooper Tire & Rubber
175

Cooperation,
137–138
,
143
,
152
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155
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156
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157
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158
,
185

Copenhagen climate summit,
152
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156

Corporations,
1
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14
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18
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21
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28
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33
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36
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64
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75
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130
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176

CEOs,
7
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48
,
160
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161
,
181
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182
,
219
(
see also
CEO turnover
) corporate disasters,
166

corporate league tables,
31
,
164
,
169

end of,
169
,
191

managerial,
47

Seven Sisters/Big Five/Big Three,
159
,
160

size of,
35
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38
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45
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48
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50
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52
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74
,
159
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163
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164–165
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168
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170
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171
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176
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177
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180
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182
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187
,
211

See also
Business
;
Multinationals
;
Power: corporate power

Corruption,
39
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45
,
58
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77
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85
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98
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99
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101
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126
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130
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202
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210
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229
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239
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240

Corten, Andre
199

Costs,
30
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32
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41
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43–44
,
63
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73
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75
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116
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121
,
171
,
176
,
208
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209
,
224

of drones,
118

of hegemony,
139

marginal costs,
31
,
169

opportunity costs,
104

of Somali piracy,
107

of terrorism,
107

transaction costs,
44–45
,
53
,
170

Coups,
98

Courtis, Ken,
129

Craigslist,
162

Craxi, Bettino,
99

Credit,
180
,
184

Credit card companies,
131

Crime,
54
,
127
,
138
,
140
,
221
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222
,
226

Critical Citizens
(Norris),
68

Crop seeds,
165

Cuba,
143
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155
,
252

Culture,
45
,
137
,
154
,
216
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224
,
235

cultural institutions,
18
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228

cultural mores,
10
,
24

Cyber-crime/warfare,
12
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18
,
118
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120
,
122
,
124
,
226

Czechoslovakia,
81

Dagher, Sam
149

Dahl, Robert,
16

Daily Telegraph
,
215

Dalits,
33

Dalton, Russell,
86

Damgaard, Erik,
91

Damon, Matt,
207

“Dark pools” exchanges,
188–189
,
191

Dataran Square,
12

Dead Ringers
(Nadeem),
70

Dearborn, Michigan,
59

De Beers,
165

Decision-making,
20
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37
,
77
,
143
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163
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199
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221
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222
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234
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242

Decolonization,
81
,
157
,
220

de Gaulle, Charles,
150–151

de Gournay, Vincent,
35

De Lorenzo, Mauro,
209

Dell,
44

del Vecchio, Leonardo,
165

Demsetz, Harold,
33

Democracies/democracy,
6
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12
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67
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68
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69
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78
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80
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82
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83(fig.)
,
84
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85–86
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90
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91
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93
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96
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102
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106
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117
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122
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148
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197
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220
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223
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237
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239

definition of democracy,
247

democracy promotion,
154

direct democracy,
105

evolution of democracy,
247–250
,
251(fig.)

percentage of democratic regimes,
248(fig.)

regional trends in democracy,
249–250
(figs.),
251

waves of democratization,
83
,
248

Democratic Party,
76
,
95
,
203

Demographics,
4
,
54
,
66
,
69
,
74

Denmark,
92
,
149
,
151

DeParle, Jason,
59

Depression period,
45
,
55
,
136

Derivatives,
160
,
184

Desai, Raj,
210
,
211

Deutsche Börse,
188

Developing countries,
7
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10
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55
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56
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57
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61
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63
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129
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146
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167
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172
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183
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185
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187
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254

Dhar, Sujoy,
70

Diamond, Larry,
85
,
102–103

Diamond industry,
165

Dictators,
1
,
5
,
29
,
53
,
75
,
78
,
82
,
83
,
220
,
247
.
See also
Authoritarianism

Dimon, Jamie,
161–162

di Pietro, Antonio,
98
,
99

Diplomacy,
153–155

economic,
144–147
,
149

Direct Edge,
188

Disease,
10
,
73
,
140
,
210
,
226

Disney,
179
,
212

Disruptive Innovation,
71
,
243

District of Columbia,
88

Divorce,
65
,
66

DIY Drones group,
119

Dobbs, Richard,
61

Dolan, Kerry A.,
181

Domhoff, G. William,
48

Dominica,
155

Doris Duke Foundation,
210

Dorset,
181

DoubleClick,
174–175

Dow Jones,
174
,
212

Drones,
112
,
118–119
,
121

Drugs,
73
,
110
,
122
,
125–126
,
222

Dupont,
165

Durkheim, Émile,
231

East Timor,
81

Economic/financial crises,
15
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18
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57
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68
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91
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102
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132
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160
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164
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176
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183
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184
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218
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224
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228
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238
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See also
Recessions

Economic growth,
4
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10
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56
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60
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97
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101
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102
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131
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133
,
204

Economics,
38
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43
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75
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170
,
221

Economies of scale/scope,
75
,
171
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176
,
177
,
178

Economist,
207

Economy and Society
(Weber),
38
,
40

Ecopetrol,
165

Ecuador,
94
,
155

Education,
4
,
9
,
10
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28
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30
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45
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54
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56
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57
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69
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85
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110
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216
,
229
.
See also
Universities

Eggen, Dan,
94

Egypt,
14
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36
,
53
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80
,
100
,
131
,
154
,
186
,
199

Eisenhower, Dwight,
47

Eisenman, Joshua,
148

Elections,
6
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10
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21
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33
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60
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74
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76
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77
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78
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82
,
83(fig.)
,
84
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96
,
102
,
196
,
203
,
239
,
247

electoral fraud,
98

electoral majorities/minorities,
88

frequency of,
86–88
,
87(fig.)

primaries,
93–94

of 2008,
215
,
241–242

See also
Voting