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.
قائمة المحتويات
Introduction 1
1. Capitalism on the Brink 5
2. The Dangerous Inequality 16
3. The Outcome of Inequality 26
4. The Perfect Storm 37
5. Shareholder Value Gets Lean and Mean 51
6. The Way Forward 71
7. Stakeholder Value Is Already Working 87
8. The Time to Act Is Now 105
Postscript 116
Notes 118
Bibliography 122
Acknowledgments 123
Index 124
About the Author 131
عن المؤلف
David Dorsey is the author of the critically acclaimed The Force and The Cost of Living. The Force was included in The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. Dorsey is coauthor, with Peter Georgescu, of The Source of Success and The Constant Choice. He has written for Fast Company, Esquire, Worth, and a variety of other publications.
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