The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World

Adrian Wooldridge

Penguin Books, Ltd.

A unique history of Britain's most influential invention - from the East India Company to EnronThe present day might be called a corporate age but the power of the company is nothing new: From Renaissance Italy to the British East India Company, it is impossible to understand the history of the last few hundred years without placing the humble company at the centre of the picture. What other institution could have produced the slave trade, opium wars, the stock market and the British Empire, the 'company man' and globalization The history of the company includes some shocking tales, since companies have always rewarded some of the most greedy and unscrupulous - but they have also undoubtedly shaped the modern world. Today companies are increasingly regulated, but will there always be a new South Sea Bubble or another Enron The authors extend their historical account to look at the company's future, which is, surprisingly, as smaller and more diverse. They explode the myth of a 'silent takeover' by corporations and challenge the assumptions of the anti-globalization movement, but make the ongoing power of the company abundantly clear.

The Company

Business & Money

John / Wooldridge Micklethwait

Economics

Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )

An urgent and informed look at the challenges America and world governments will face in a post Covid-19 world. The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that governments matter again, that competent leadership is the difference between living and dying. A few governments proved adept at handling the crisis while many others failed. Are Western governments healthy and strong enough to keep their citizens safe from another virulent virus--and protect their economies from collapse? Is global leadership passing from the United States to Asia--and particularly China?&nbsp; The Wake-Up Call addresses these urgent questions. Journalists and longtime collaborators John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge identify the problems Western leaders face, and outline a detailed plan to help them become more vigilant, better prepared, and responsive to disruptive future events.&nbsp; The problems that face us are enormous; as The Wake-Up Call makes clear, governments around the world must re-engineer the way they operate to successfully meet the challenges ahead.&nbsp;

The Wake-Up Call: Why the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West, and How to Fix It

Politics & Social Sciences

John Micklethwait

Social Sciences

HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing

The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State

Politics & Government

Penguin??Books

Meritocracy & 'classless Society'

The Social Market Foundation

Capitalism in America: A History (Chinese Edition)

Alan Greenspan

CITIC Press Corporation

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