Silent theft the private plunder of our common wealth bollier david isbn 9780415944823 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Silent theft the private plunder of our common wealth by david bollier 423 rating details 30 ratings 4 reviews they hang the man and flog the woman that steal the goose from off the common but let the greater villain loose that steals the common from the goose traditional nursery rhyme until a 1998 federal court decision a . Private corporations are consuming the resources that the american people collectively own at a staggering rate and the government is not protecting the commons on our behalf in silent theft david bollier exposes the audacious attempts of companies to appropriate medical breakthroughs public airwaves outer space state research and even the dna of plants and animals amazingly these . Private corporations are consuming the resources that the american people collectively own at a staggering rate and the government is not protecting the commons on our behalf in silent theft david bollier exposes the audacious attempts of companies to appropriate medical breakthroughs public airwaves outer space state research and even the dna of plants and animals amazingly these abuses often go unnoticed bollier argues because we have lost our ability to see the commons . Silent theft the private plunder of our common wealth published by routledge in may 2002 this book describes the dozens of commons in american life that are being rapidly privatized and commercialized the commons consists of public assets and social management systems they include public lands and the natural environment the electromagnetic spectrum government databases and research the internet academic research and resources the genetic structures of life and shared cultural