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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed--the-capitalist-network-that-runs-the-world.html AS PROTESTS against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. 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. The study's assumptions have attracted some criticism, but complex systems analysts contacted by New Scientist say it is a unique effort to untangle control in the global economy.

Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world - physics-math - 19 October 2011