The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted Heartland And Crushed Soul Of Corporate America—And To Undo His Legacy David Gelles Simon Schuster

New York Times Bestsellernew Reporter And “Corner Office” Columnist David Gelles Reveals Legendary Ge Ceo Jack Welch To Be The Root Of All That’s Wrong With Capitalism Today Offers Advice On How We Might Right Those Wrongs In 1981 Took Over General Electric Quickly Rose Fame As First Celebrity He Golfed Presidents Mingled Movie Stars Was Idolized For Growing Into Most Valuable Company World But Welch’s Achievements Didn’t Stem From Some Greater Intelligence Or Business Prowess Rather They Were Result A Sustained Effort Push Ge’s Stock Price Ever Higher Often At Expense Workers Consumers Innovation This Captivating Revelatory Book Argues That Single-Handedly Ushered Cutthroat Era American Continues Day Chronicles Campaign Vaporize Hundreds Thousands Jobs Bid Boost Profits Eviscerating Country’s Manufacturing Base Destabilizing Middle Class Obsession Downsizing—He Eliminated 10% Employees Every Year—Fundamentally Altered Inspired Generations Imitators Who Have Employed His Strategies Other Companies Around Globe Corporate America’s Leading Proponent Mergers Acquisitions Using Deals Gobble Up Competitors Giving Rise An Economy Is More Concentrated Less Dynamic Pioneered Dark Arts “Financialization ” Transforming Admired Industrial Manufacturer What Effectively Unregulated Bank Finance Hugely Profitable Short Term Helped Keep Ticking Ultimately Financialization Undermined Dozens Fortune 500 Shows Celebrated Emphasis Increasing Shareholder Value By Any Means Necessary (Layoffs Outsourcing Offshoring Buybacks Name Few Tactics) Became Norm Generally Demonstrates Approach Has Led Greatest Socioeconomic Inequality Since Great Depression Harmed Many Very Embraced It Generation Acolytes Radically Transformed Like Boeing Home Depot Kraft Heinz Finally Change Now Afoot America Highlighting Leaders Abandoned Welchism Are Proving Still Possible Excel Without Destroying Livelihoods Gutting Communities Spurning Regulation Σελίδες: 288 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0720 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm