these that run the world

Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world.

There’s 1318 transnational corporations that form the core of the economy.

As anti-capitalist protesters take to the streets, mathematics has teased apart the global economic network to show who’s really pulling the strings.

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.Science may have confirmed protesters’ worst fears.