Corporatocracy

Corporatocracy (/ˌkɔːrpərəˈtɒkrəsi/, from corporate and Greek: -κρατία, romanized: -kratía, lit. 'domination by'; short form corpocracy) is an economic, political and judicial system controlled by business corporations or corporate interests.

This article is about the idea of government dominated by corporate business interests. For the functions and interests of the state in a capitalist society, see Capitalist state. For capitalist economies dominated by corporations, see Corporate capitalism.
Not to be confused with corporatism, which is the organization of a society into groups which are determined by their collective common interests.

The concept has been used in explanations of bank bailouts, excessive pay for CEOs, as well as complaints such as the exploitation of national treasuries, people, and natural resources. It has been used by critics of globalization, sometimes in conjunction with criticism of the World Bank or unfair lending practices, as well as criticism of free trade agreements. Corporate rule is also a common theme in dystopian science-fiction media.

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