Who Owns the World?

What's happening in the global economy today may be the greatest illusionary trick ever pulled over the eyes of people around the world.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• A handful of mega corporations — private investment companies — dominate every aspect of our lives; everything we eat, drink, wear or use in one way or another. These investment firms are so enormous, they control the money flow worldwide

• While there appear to be hundreds of competing brands on the market, like Russian nesting dolls, lar…