Did The Roman Empire Have Corporations?

Charles Hugh Smith writes about the lack of accountability of corporations and the effect on the country.

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In today's Corporate Empire, the Elite individuals running the corporations can despoil, bribe, embezzle, cheat and collude and they completely evade accountability. Sure, the corporation pays a fine (or sets up a $20 billion fund with shareholders' funds), but the people in charge who oversaw the skimming, bribery, collusion, profiteering, embezzlement, mismanagement of funds, violation of the public trust, etc. are never really accountable; instead, they are awarded golden parachutes worth millions of dollars for their service to the goal of enriching the Elites and owners of the corporation.

Aug. 27, 2010 Article by Charles Hugh Smith: http://www.oftwominds.com/blogaug10/rome-corporations08-10.html