1) The document argues that the transnational capitalist class (TCC), comprised of owners of transnational corporations, globalizing politicians and professionals, and consumerist elites, shapes the dominant discourse around globalization. 2) Specifically, the TCC promotes discourses of national competitiveness and sustainable development to further the interests of global capitalism and negate growing inequality and environmental crises. 3) By framing all social institutions in business terms and using metrics like benchmarking, the TCC exerts economic, political, and ideological control on a global scale.