For Profit

A History of Corporations

For Profit
William Magnuson
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Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 368pg
10 Nov 2022 UK
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9781399805193
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We have long been suspicious of corporations recklessly pursuing profit and amassing wealth and power. But the story of the corporation didn' t have to be like this. For most of history, they were not amoral entities, but public institutions designed to promote the societies that granted them charter. Magnuson reveals how the corporation has evolved since its beginnings in the ancient world. What happens in this next chapter of the global economy depends on whether we can return to their public-minded spirit, or whether we have sunk irrevocably into the swamp of high profit at all costs. Epic and compelling in scope, For Profit illuminates the roles corporations played, for good and evil, in the making of the modern world.
Brilliantly conceived and enlightening at every turn, For Profit is a thrilling history of an institution that has shaped all our lives - for better and for worse -- Lawrence Wright, author of ' The Plague Year' In this lively and informativehistory of the corporation, William Magnuson shows that corporations were born to serve the public interest-only to be used and abused time and again to maximize profits for shareholders and executives. A must-read for any student of the world' s most influential form of economic organization -- Adam Winkler, author of ' We the Corporations'
William Magnuson is an associate professor at Texas A&M Law School. Previously he taught law at Harvard, worked as an associate in Sullivan & Cromwell, and as a journalist in the Rome bureau of the Washington Post. He is the author of Blockchain Democracy: Technology, Law and the Rule of the Crowd, and has written for numerous leading publications including Harvard Business Law Review, Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance, and the Wall Street Journal.
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ISBN-13: 9781399805193
Published: 10 Nov 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: John Murray Publishers
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 368

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