These 10 Powerful Forces Run the World

5. Luxottica

The Italian company that governs the production of 80% of the sunglasses in the world can charge whatever price it wants for the products. This is why sunglasses that are so cheap to make can be so expensive. You might wonder that there are independent brands like Ray Ban, Oakley and Oliver People but these American brands are also owned by Luxottica. There are other brands, sunglasses departments of which are controlled by Luxottica too. These brands are Coach, Armani, Chanel and Versace for example. The power of Luxottica as one of the powerful forces that are running the world does not stop here. They also own major eyewear retail chains such as Pearle Vision and Sunglass Hut. That is utter control of the market, rendering ultimate power to the company.

4. AARP in Washington D.C

There are many lobbyist groups in Washington D.C one of which is AARP that happens to be one of the most powerful amongst these. The policy making of the U.S drives policies all over the world especially after the beginning of the post cold war era. As the world moved towards a unipolar world, what happened in America, did not stay there- it affected people almost everywhere in the world. How does AARP affect the policy of the government? AARP neither finances nor funds candidates but it affects the political leaders primarily through using their voting power as a leverage. There are some 40 million members of the AARP. They can use the money that they have to promote or defame any political figure and can affect policy through lobbying as well.