The book presents a critical examination of American capitalism's failures during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the government's inability to protect citizens and the resulting devastation. It explores the blunders of officials, the complicity of economists, and the indifference of elites who profited from the crisis. Through detailed analysis, the authors investigate supply chain issues, the impact on healthcare systems, and contrasting responses from political leaders. This insightful account aims to uncover the systemic flaws in capitalism and their implications for the future.
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Bethany McLeanová je známá především svou prací na skandálu Enron. Její texty, které se objevují v magazínech jako Vanity Fair a Fortune, se často zaměřují na obory financí a obchodu. Její raná kariéra v investičním bankovnictví jí poskytla jedinečný pohled na svět korporací, který pak přenesla do své novinářské práce. McLeanová kombinuje analytickou bystrost s poutavým vyprávěním, aby odhalila složitost moderního podnikání.




Saudi America
- 138 stránek
- 5 hodin čtení
Named one of Vanity Fair's 11 Nonfiction Books to Read this Fall 800-CEO Reads Editor's Choice: McLean exposes the faulty foundation not only of our supposed energy independence, but of the very desire for it....The sloganeering of drill, baby, drill, and the false, geopolitically fraught hope of energy independence it implies, ignores these basic business, economic, and existential human realities. In exposing them, McLean offers hope for a more reasonable discussion, a more sustainable and profitable industry, and, perhaps, a more integrated energy policy. As journalist Bethany McLean sketches with clarity and concision in this book, the shale revolution has had profound effects on the US, creating jobs and cutting energy costs, but many of the claims made for it have been overblown....Unlike some who have taken a skeptical view of the shale industry, McLean is not trying to debunk it--those who have tried have been made to look foolish by its success in recent years -- but she does urge us to be cautious about being too trusting.-- Financial Times Bethany McLean explores fracking's nuanced success, but also cautions that this energy revolution is not the country's golden ticket to energy independence.--NPR, Marketplace
All The Devils Are Here
- 416 stránek
- 15 hodin čtení
As soon as the financial crisis erupted, the finger-pointing began. Should the blame fall on greedy traders, lazy regulators, or clueless home buyers? This book states that the real answer is all of the above.
The smartest guys in the room : the amazing rise and scandalous fall of Enron
- 464 stránek
- 17 hodin čtení
Just as Watergate was the defining political story of its time, so Enron is the biggest business story of our time. And just as All the President's Men was the one Watergate book that gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance, The Smartest Guys in the Room is the one book you have to read to understand this amazing business saga