The Raging 2020s Companies, Countries, People - and the Fight for Our Future |
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| Author:
| Ross, Alec |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78763-542-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2021 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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| Imprint: | Bantam Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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As the market consolidates under fewer and larger companies, it's increasingly in the interest of private companies to behave like nations. And when the government is bogged down in bureaucratic negotiations and culture wars, people begin to look to nimble, powerful companies to solve society's problems - and to be our moral standard-bearers. It shouldn't be like this. Ross weaves interviews with the world's most influential thinkers with fascinating stories of corporate...
More DescriptionAs the market consolidates under fewer and larger companies, it's increasingly in the interest of private companies to behave like nations. And when the government is bogged down in bureaucratic negotiations and culture wars, people begin to look to nimble, powerful companies to solve society's problems - and to be our moral standard-bearers. It shouldn't be like this.
Ross weaves interviews with the world's most influential thinkers with fascinating stories of corporate activism and malfeasance, government failure and renewal, and innovative economic and political models being implemented around the world, to propose a new social contract - one that benefits workers and everyday citizens in the face of unprecedented global change.