For Profit: A History of Corporations - Paperback

$19.99

For Profit: A History of Corporations - Paperback

Name: For Profit: A History of Corporations - Paperback
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SKU: 9781541601574
Price: 19.99 USD
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by William Magnuson

$19.99

Book Overview

An "eloquent" (Economist) history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley 

Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years. Meanwhile, corporations continue to amass wealth and power at a dizzying rate, recklessly pursuing profit while leaving society to sort out the costs.
 
In For Profit, law professor William Magnuson argues that the story of the corporation didn't have to come to this. Throughout history, he finds, corporations have been purpose-built to benefit the societies that surrounded them. Corporations enabled everything from the construction of ancient Rome's roads and aqueducts to the artistic flourishing of the Renaissance to the rise of the middle class in the twentieth century. By recapturing this original spirit of civic virtue, Magnuson argues, corporations can help craft a society in which all of us--not just shareholders--benefit from the profits of enterprise.

ISBN	9781541601574
Author	William Magnuson
Publisher	Basic Books
Genre	History, Education, and Business
Format	Paperback
Published	December 2023
Language	ENG- English
Pages	368
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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