This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Professor of Political Science, Director of Special Projects at Institute of Behavioral Science at University of Colorado
"Americans often pride themselves on being members of the largest, most enduring, and most successful democracy in the world. Yet their lives, to a great degree, are channeled, shaped, and determined by the decisions of a very few people sitting in the board rooms and executive suites of the giant corporations, over whom they exercise little control."