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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Magnuson, William J., 1982- author.     Subjects     Corporations -- History.     Profit -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Magnuson, William J., 1982- author.       by title:      For profit : a histo...         MARC Display

For profit : a history of corporations / William Magnuson. by Magnuson, William J., 1982- author. New York : Basic Books, 2022. Subjects Corporations -- History.   Profit -- History. ISBN:  9781541601567 (hardcover) 1541601564 (hardcover) Description:  vii, 357 pages ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Corpus economicus -- The bank -- The stock -- The monopoly -- The assembly line -- The multinational -- The raider -- The start-up. Requests:  0 Summary:  "A history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley. Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent year. Meanwhile, corporations continue to amass wealth and power at a dizzying rate, recklessly pursuing profit while leaving society to sort out the costs. In For Profit, law professor William Magnuson argues that the story of the corporation didn't have to come to this. Throughout history, he finds, corporations have been purpose-built to benefit the societies that surrounded them. Corporations enabled everything from the construction of ancient Rome's roads and aqueducts to the artistic flourishing of the Renaissance to the rise of the middle class in the twentieth century. By recapturing this original spirit of civic virtue, Magnuson argues, corporations can help craft a society in which all of us--not just shareholders--benefit from the profits of enterprise"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 338.7409 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pearl City Public Library Adult Nonfiction 338.7409 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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