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Revealed–The Capitalist Network That Runs the World
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/6404/102511.newscientist.transnational_corporations.large.jpg?1319577520&1319577519 "Transnational corporations")
The 1,318 transnational corporations that form the core of the economy; superconnected companies are red, very connected companies are yellow; dot size represents revenue.
Credit: PLoS One
As protests against financial power sweep the world, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy.
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