The 147 Corporations Controlling Most of the Global Economy

rubycodez writes "Researchers at the Swiss Federal Technology Institute in Zurich have identified a 'Capitalist Network' [PDF] of well-connected companies that control most of the global economy. They further identified the 147 'super-connected' companies that control forty percent or more of the global financial network. If one believes the mega-corporations have most governments of the west in their pockets, does this mean we have a global oligarchy?"

We still have more than 100?

[oneiros27]

And The Onion was sure they'd have all merged to just form one giant corporation by now:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/just-six-corporations-remain,551/ [theonion.com]

Global Olivearchy

[Oswald McWeany]

Global olivearchy.

1% of Olive farmers control over 50% of the world's olives.