Private empire : ExxonMobil and American power

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Private empire : ExxonMobil and American power

Title remainder

ExxonMobil and American power

Statement of responsibility

Steve Coll

Creator

• Coll, Steve

Subject

• Big business -- United States
• Corporate power -- United States
• Exxon Corporation
• Exxon Mobil Corporation
• Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

In this book the author goes deep inside ExxonMobil Corp, the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States. He investigates the notoriously secretive ExxonMobil Corporation, revealing the true extent of its power. ExxonMobil's annual revenues are larger than the economic activity in the great majority of countries, equivalent to the GDP of Norway. In many of the countries where it conducts business, ExxonMobil's sway over politics and security is greater than that of the United States embassy. In Washington, ExxonMobil spends more money lobbying Congress and the White House than any other corporation. Yet despite its outsized influence, it is a black box

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

338.7/6223380973

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

LC call number

HD9569.E95

LC item number

C65 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography