1. Wal-Mart: Its control of such an enormous supply chain across the world allows it to force the hands of governments, both of the United States and foreign countries.
2. Microsoft: Since this company owns Windows, and Windows runs on about 90% of the world’s computers, Microsoft essentially controls the computers of the user world.
3. BAE Systems Land and Armaments: It produces the weapons the United States uses. Enough said.
4. McDonald’s: Used both by the Economist as an indicator of currency overvaluation/devaluation and as the premise of a peace theory, McDonald’s also has worldwide operations, many of which border on the unethical, and control of a huge part of the world economy.
5. ExxonMobil: It is the world’s largest company. It sells oil. What else is there to say?
