Energy Corporation Propaganda: A Weapon Against Public Policy

Maarten de Kadt
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Maarten de Kadt: Empire State College, New York, N.Y.

Review of Radical Political Economics, 1983, vol. 15, issue 3, 35-50

Abstract: Large corporations have played an important role in the energy decade. In the following article, Maarten de Kadt examines the difference between what corporations say about themselves and what they actually do. Using public statements, advertisements, annual reports, journal articles, profit statistics and production statistics, he shows that corporate statements fit a pattern: while attempting to create for themselves a positive public image, energy companies pursue private, profit-oriented goals which often conflict with the national well being. According to de Kadt, a public policy for controlling corporate activities must be developed if energy is to be affordable and available for human needs.

Date: 1983
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