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Capitalists, Arise!: End Economic Inequality, Grow the Middle Class, Heal the Nation

Capitalists, Arise!: End Economic Inequality, Grow the Middle Class, Heal the Nation

Georgescu, Peter
Dorsey, David

Hardcover

Business GeneralEconomicsGeneral Political Science

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ISBN10: 1523082666
ISBN13: 9781523082667
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: May 1 2017
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Peter Georgescu arrived in this country as a penniless Romanian refugee and rose to become the CEO of Young & Rubicam. This is why he's so heartsick that with flat wages, disappearing jobs, and a shrinking middle class, his kind of rags-to-riches story doesn't seem possible now. But he has a message for his fellow CEOs: we're the ones who must take the lead in fixing the economy.

Marshaling deeply sobering statistics, Georgescu depicts the stark reality of America today: a nation with greater wealth inequality and lower social mobility than just about any other country in the developed world. But the problem isn't that free-market capitalism no longer works--it's that it's been hijacked by shareholder primacy. Where once our business leaders looked to the needs and interests of a variety of stakeholders--employees, community members, the business itself--now they're myopically focused on maximizing their shareholders' quarterly returns.

Capitalists Arise! shows how the short-term thinking spawned by shareholder primacy lies at the root of our current economic malaise and social breakdown. But Georgescu offers concrete actions that capitalists themselves can take to create a better future. The irony is that if businesses do this, shareholders will do even better. In the long run, businesses can thrive only when society is healthy and strong. This book is a manifesto calling on capitalists to heal the nation that has given them so much.

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