For Profit - William Magnuson - Books - Basic Books - 9781541601574 - December 12, 2023
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For Profit

William Magnuson

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For Profit

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 amasswealth and power at a dizzying rate, recklesslypursuingprofitwhile 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.
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Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 12, 2023
ISBN13 9781541601574
Publishers Basic Books
Pages 368
Dimensions 317 g
Language English  

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