Critically assess the validity of the claim that the political power of corporations should be blamed for allegedly “regressive” tax policies, weak capital controls and growing income inequality in Canada and other liberal democracies.

Readings:

1-Businesses in the Political Marketplace: Liberal-Democracy’s Conundrum Hale (Chapter 11 and 12)

2-Young, Kevin A., Tarun Banerjee, and Michael Schwartz. 2018. “Capital Strikes as a Corporate Political Strategy: The Structural Power of Business in the Obama Era.”
Politics & Society, no1:3.

Main Discussion Question: Critically assess the validity of the claim that the political power of corporations should be blamed for allegedly “regressive” tax policies, weak capital controls and growing income inequality in Canada and other liberal democracies.