| Books |
1984
|
George Orwell, (1949). Intense book relating a future ruled by "Big Brother". |
Atlas Shrugged
|
Ayn Rand, (1957). An excellent book covering metaphysics, morality, economics,
politics, and sex. |
Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook
|
Scott Adams,(1997). If you ask the workers, this book is more realistic
than it is funny. According to the author: "All modern managers
use this book as their primary guide." He's absolutely right. |
The Dilbert Future
|
Scott Adams,
(1998). "Thriving on Business Stupidity in the 21st Century".
A good look at what the corporate future will be like according to the
author. |
The One Best Way
|
Robert
Kanigel, (1999). The story of Frederick W. Taylor and the enigma of
efficiency (Sloan Technology). |
Spychips
|
Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre.
How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID. |
| Movies |
Metropolis
|
(1927) The
silent film classic by Fritz Lang depicting the plight of the working
class. |
Modern Times
|
(1936)
Charlie Chaplin attacks the machine age with this brilliant work. It
was deliberately made a silent movie, even though sound was available at
the time. |
Gandhi
|
(1982)
Biography of Mahatma Gandhi directed by Richard Attenborough. A
study of passive resistance. |
1984
|
(1984)
Michael Radford's Adaptation of George Orwell's 1984.
|
They Live
|
(1988) This
John Carpenter film inspired us to think of some individuals as Corporate
Aliens. |
Harrison Bergeron
|
(1995) Kurt
Vonnegut's story depicting population control. |
Gattaca
|
(1997)
Science Fiction about a genetically controlled society. |
Office Space
|
(1999) A comedy that is not too far from depicting actual current corporations in action. |
Erin Brockovich
|
(2000) Story of a legal assistant taking on a large corporate utility and winning. |
Antitrust
|
(2001) Story of a Big Microsoft-like company that won't stop at anything to get code. |
American Splendor
|
(2003) Story of Harvey Pekar a comic book story writer who writes about the common man. |
Shattered Glass
|
(2003) Film about The New Republic journalist Stephen Glass. Story of how he fabricated many of his articles and
how he was caught. |
The Corporation
|
(2004) The documentary charts the rise of corporations as a pervasive presence in our lives. |
Fahrenheit 9/11
|
(2004) Michael Moore's criticism of George W. Bush for his handling of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. |
