Corporations are often so focused on making short-term profits for their stockholders that they behave in ways that adversely affect their employees, the environment, consumers, American politics, and even the long-term well-being of the corporation, says Lawrence Mitchell in this provocative book. This is a significant issue not only in the United States but also in the world, for many countries are beginning to emulate the American model of corporate governance. Mitchell criticizes this emphasis on profit maximization and the corporate legal structure that encourages it, and he offers...
Corporations are often so focused on making short-term profits for their stockholders that they behave in ways that adversely affect their employees, ...
Americans have been raised with the mantra that we can grow up to be anything we want to be, achieve anything we can imagine. How many of us believe the message? This work does more than outline this problem of American selfishness; it proposes a solution that is nothing less than a massive reconception of the way we relate to one another.
Americans have been raised with the mantra that we can grow up to be anything we want to be, achieve anything we can imagine. How many of us believe t...
