The capitalist model was developed in the 19th century and recent events have shown the difficulties of adapting this to the demands of the 21st century, in which human and social capital are of far greater importance than physical capital. In Going off the Rails, John Plender shows how corporate scandals, inflated boardroom pay, corporate governance disciplines and outmoded accountancy conventions have stretched the Anglo-American model to its limit and what the effects of this might be on globalisation and the capital markets.

Going off the Rails: Global Capital and the Crisis of Legitimacy

Business & Money

Plender, John

Business Culture

wiley

In this incisive, clear-sighted portrait, award-winning Financial Times journalist John Plender explores the paradoxes and pitfalls inherent in this extraordinarily dynamic mechanism, and in our attitudes to it. Taking us on a journey from the Venetian merchants of the Renaissance to the gleaming temples of 21st-century commerce, Plender views capitalism through the eyes of philosophers, novelists, poets, artists and economists.

Capitalism: Money, Morals and Markets

Biteback Publishing

In this incisive, clear-sighted portrait, award-winning journalist John Plender explores the paradoxes and pitfalls inherent in capitalism. Taking us from the Venetian merchants of the Renaissance to the gleaming temples of 21st-century commerce via the South Sea Bubble, Dutch tulip mania, and manic-depressive gambling addicts, Plender shows us capitalism through the eyes of philosophers, novelists, poets, artists, and the divines.
John Plender has been a senior editorial writer and columnist at the Financial Times since 1981. He has a weekly column on economics and business and also writes for the opinion pages.

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Books by Plender, John

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Going off the Rails: Global Capital and the Crisis of Legitimacy

Capitalism: Money, Morals and Markets

Capitalism: Money, Morals and Markets