Platt (finance, Northeastern U.) chronicles the growth, decline, and restructuring of oil and gas company Texas International Inc. in the 1980s and the criminal involvement of Drexel Lambert investment house banker, Michael Milken. To draw lessons from this case, the author interviews a fund manager
Platt (finance, Northeastern U.) chronicles the growth, decline, and restructuring of oil and gas company Texas International Inc. in the 1980s and th...
Unintended consequences affect people's lives, happiness, and fortunes. They arise from every action and decision. This provocative book presents many unintended consequences and ultimately explains how their impact can be reduced. Chapters in this fascinating book describe unintended consequences caused by governments, people, science, technology, companies, and medicine. Readers learn how unintended consequences can be controlled. The world will never be free of them. However, it is possible to control the biggest perpetrator of the most damaging unintended consequences - the government....
Unintended consequences affect people's lives, happiness, and fortunes. They arise from every action and decision. This provocative book presents many...