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Makers and takers, the rise of finance and the fall of American business, Rana Foroohar

Label
Makers and takers, the rise of finance and the fall of American business, Rana Foroohar
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-375) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Makers and takers
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
919236581
Responsibility statement
Rana Foroohar
Sub title
the rise of finance and the fall of American business
Summary
"Award-winning business journalist Rana Foroohar shows how the shortsighted and misguided financial practices that nearly toppled the global economy in 2008 have come to infiltrate all corners of American business--putting us on a dangerous collision course to another economic meltdown that will make 2008 look like a mere blip in the business cycle"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
The rise of finance -- The fall of business: bean counters versus car guys--Frederick Winslow Taylor, Robert McNamara, and the financialization of industry -- What an MBA won't teach you: how business education is failing American businesses -- Barbarians at the gate: Apple, Carl Icahn, and the rise of shareholder activism -- We're all bankers now: GE and the story of how American business came to emulate finance -- Financial weapons of mass destruction: commodities, derivatives, and how Wall Street created a food crisis -- When Wall Street owns Main Street: private equity, shadow banking, and how finance reaped the benefits of the housing recovery -- The end of retirement: how Wall Street ate our nest eggs -- The artful dodgers: how our tax code rewards the takers instead f the makers -- The revolving door: how Washington favors Wall Street over Main Street -- How to put finance back in service to business and society
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