A major challenge today is to democratize investment: If the buying and selling of assets for profit is not to undermine the public good, the public has to define that good and to frame the policies and laws that hold investors to account when their actions do undermine the public good. A first step in doing so is understanding how investment works. This 178-page book details the central role of transnational corporations (TNCs) and other key players...The book suggests ways in which investment can be brought back under the democratic control of people and governments and shows how citizens are working to reclaim investment for the public good.