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The man who broke Capitalism : how Jack Welch gutted the heartland and crushed the soul of corporate America--and how to undo his legacy  Cover Image Book Book

The man who broke Capitalism : how Jack Welch gutted the heartland and crushed the soul of corporate America--and how to undo his legacy / David Gelles.

Summary:

"In 1981, Jack Welch took over General Electric and quickly rose to fame as the first celebrity CEO. He golfed with presidents, mingled with movie stars, and was idolized for growing GE into the most valuable company in the world. But Welch's achievements didn't stem from some greater intelligence or business prowess. Rather, they were the result of a sustained effort to push GE's stock price ever higher, often at the expense of workers, consumers, and innovation. In this captivating, revelatory book, David Gelles argues that Welch single-handedly ushered in a new, cutthroat era of American capitalism that continues to this day."--Amazon.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982176440
  • ISBN: 198217644X
  • Physical Description: 264 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Welch, Jack, 1935-2020.
Capitalism > United States.
Business ethics > United States.
United States > Economic conditions > 1981-2001.
General Electric Company > History.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Erlanger Branch 330.973 G318m 2022 (Text) 33126020143826 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Independence Branch 330.973 G318m 2022 (Text) 33126025138938 Adult Nonfiction Available -

  • Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2021 December

    In Wastelands, award-winning novelist Addison turns to nonfiction to profile a rural community so angered by the damage done by pollution-spewing Big Agriculture that it sued the worst offender—and won. New York Times best-selling author Bremmer sets us on a Collision Course, predicting that more pandemics, increased climate-change complications, and life-altering new technologies will inevitably be a part of our future (100,000-copy first printing). Distinguished Stanford political scientist Fukuyama, perhaps best known forThe End of History and the Last Man, now examines Liberalism and Its Discontents at a time of political upheaval (75,000-copy first printing). "Corner Office" columnist at theNew York Times, Gelles calls General Electric CEO Jack Welch The Man Who Broke Capitalism, indicting him for the harm done by his brand of capitalism and showing how some companies are trying to undo it with different strategies. Award-winning journalist Hill ( BET News) and New York Times best-selling author Brewster (The Century) join forces in Seen and Unseen, considering videos like those showing the killing of George Floyd and the harassment of Christian Cooper to investigate how technology has impacted our conversations about race (100,000-copy first printing). Photographer Palley's Into the Inferno recalls eight years spent documenting California's raging wildfires, showing that the state's fire season now lasts year-round and calling for climate action (see also poet Kevin Goodan's Spot Weather Forecast). Former president of the Uyghur Humans Rights Project and now a commissioner for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Turkel uses memoir in No Escape to reveal China's ongoing repression of the Uyghur people.

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