Corporation in the Twenty-First Century Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong
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Sir John Kay is one of Britain's leading economists. He has been awarded the Saltire Prize for Other People's Money, which was also shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. Previous titles include Obiquity, The Long and Short of It, Greed is Dead, and Radical Uncertainty. He lives in Oxford.Original and thought-provoking... A brilliantly erudite account of the major waves in the theory and practice of management
Financial Times
Informative, funny, and full of deep insights. Truly a magnum opus
- Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England,
A characteristically acerbic analysis of the archetypal organisational unit of capitalism and what has become of it as the production of material goods has given way to immaterial and intangible services
- 'Best Business Books of 2024', Financial Times
The doyen of British thinkers on the evolution of business
Literary Review
A very entertaining read for specialists and non-specialists alike. Few writers come close to matching Kay's analysis of what makes good businesses succeed and bad businesses fail
- Evan Davis, broadcaster,
This thoughtful critique of the modern corporation weaves history, psychology, economics, and good humor into a persuasive argument that business is fundamentally social and human
- Frank Partnoy, author of The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals,
Praise for John Kay
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An unparalleled communicator of economics to a non-specialist audience
New Statesman
Kay is both a first-class economist and an excellent writer
Financial Times
An admirable debunker of myths and false beliefs - Kay can see substantial things others don't
- Nassim N Taleb, author, The Black Swan
Kay is a brilliant writer
Wall Street Journal
By exploring ambiguity without lapsing into vagueness, Kay achieves what he advocastes: resisting thinking reductively and rushing to the bottom line. His writing is always clear but never closed. [it is] history written with a sustained moral outlook and world-view... instead of theory it has wisdom... brilliant
New Statesman