Our Corporate Masters King Coal
November, 2012
Corporations are people, but—unlike humans—they can change shape and legally conceal their historiesMan hands on misery to man," wrote the poet Philip Larkin, noting how one generation passes its dysfunctions on to the next. If—to quote a more recent poet—corporations are people too, does Larkin's line also apply to corporations? A look at the Bristol, Virginia-based mining company Alpha Natural Resources suggests it might. Last year Alpha paid $7.1 billion to take over Massey Energy, makin...
