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🦅 Corporate Pillaging

Stories of asset-stripping, hostile takeovers, and financial predation, where companies are carved up for parts by those who see only dollar signs in destruction.
The People's Business
by Lee Drutman • 2004
Corporations are not people, yet they won human rights and bought the democracy that created them.
4.33
12
🏛️ Corporate Accountability⚖️ Corporate Personhood💰 Money In Politics🕴️ Shareholder Primacy🐙 Regulatory Capture
The People's Business Summary
The People's Business 90%
Corporations are not people, yet they won human rights and bought the democracy that created them.
by Lee Drutman 2004
4.33
12 ratings
🏛️ Corporate Accountability⚖️ Corporate Personhood💰 Money In Politics🕴️ Shareholder Primacy🐙 Regulatory Capture
These Are the Plunderers
by Gretchen Morgenson • 2023
They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.
3.70
963
💼 Private Equity🔍 Investigative Journalism⚖️ Economic Inequality🏛️ Regulatory Capture🏥 Healthcare Privatization
These Are the Plunderers Summary
These Are the Plunderers 90%
They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.
by Gretchen Morgenson 2023
3.70
963 ratings
💼 Private Equity🔍 Investigative Journalism⚖️ Economic Inequality🏛️ Regulatory Capture🏥 Healthcare Privatization
Plunder
by Brendan Ballou • 2023
Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.
4.09
2k+
🏦 Private Equity🦈 Corporate Raiders🏭 Predatory Capitalism🏠 Housing Inequality🏥 Healthcare Economics
Plunder Summary
Plunder 89%
Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.
by Brendan Ballou 2023
4.09
2k+ ratings
🏦 Private Equity🦈 Corporate Raiders🏭 Predatory Capitalism🏠 Housing Inequality🏥 Healthcare Economics
Bad Company
by Megan Greenwell • 2025
Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.
4.03
5k+
🏢 Private Equity📉 Economic Inequality⚖️ Corporate Accountability🔍 Investigative Journalism🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Bad Company Summary
Bad Company 89%
Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.
by Megan Greenwell 2025
4.03
5k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity📉 Economic Inequality⚖️ Corporate Accountability🔍 Investigative Journalism🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Corporation Nation
by Charles Derber • 1998
The biggest threat to American democracy isn't in the White House. It's in the corner office.
3.74
65
🏢 Corporate Power💰 Corporate Welfare🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism🗳️ Economic Democracy✊ Labor Movements
Corporation Nation Summary
Corporation Nation 89%
The biggest threat to American democracy isn't in the White House. It's in the corner office.
by Charles Derber 1998
3.74
65 ratings
🏢 Corporate Power💰 Corporate Welfare🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism🗳️ Economic Democracy✊ Labor Movements
The Caesars Palace Coup
by Max Frumes • 2021
One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.
4.05
4k+
🏢 Private Equity💰 Leveraged Buyouts📋 Corporate Governance🕵️ Financial Investigations🏚️ Corporate Collapses
The Caesars Palace Coup Summary
The Caesars Palace Coup 89%
One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.
by Max Frumes 2021
4.05
4k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity💰 Leveraged Buyouts📋 Corporate Governance🕵️ Financial Investigations🏚️ Corporate Collapses
Griftopia
by Matt Taibbi • 2010
From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.
4.16
10k+
📰 Financial Journalism🫧 Bubble Economics🏛️ Systemic Corruption🎛️ Regulatory Capture💸 Predatory Finance
Griftopia Summary
Griftopia 89%
From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.
by Matt Taibbi 2010
4.16
10k+ ratings
📰 Financial Journalism🫧 Bubble Economics🏛️ Systemic Corruption🎛️ Regulatory Capture💸 Predatory Finance
When McKinsey Comes to Town
by Walt Bogdanich • 2022
McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.
3.80
12k+
🏢 Consulting Industry🏛️ Corporate Power🔍 Investigative Journalism👔 White Collar Crime🚪 Regulatory Capture
When McKinsey Comes to Town Summary
When McKinsey Comes to Town 89%
McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.
by Walt Bogdanich 2022
3.80
12k+ ratings
🏢 Consulting Industry🏛️ Corporate Power🔍 Investigative Journalism👔 White Collar Crime🚪 Regulatory Capture
Perfectly Legal
by David Cay Johnston • 2003
America's tax code was quietly rebuilt so the middle class subsidizes billionaires. The paper trail.
4.12
796
🏛️ Political Economy🔎 Investigative Journalism💰 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Malfeasance🕳️ Tax Loopholes
Perfectly Legal Summary
Perfectly Legal 89%
America's tax code was quietly rebuilt so the middle class subsidizes billionaires. The paper trail.
by David Cay Johnston 2003
4.12
796 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🔎 Investigative Journalism💰 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Malfeasance🕳️ Tax Loopholes
The Man Who Broke Capitalism
by David Gelles • 2022
Jack Welch's doctrine still rules the corner office, and it is slowly gutting the middle class.
4.03
3k+
💼 Shareholder Primacy⏱️ Corporate Short-Termism💰 Financialization🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism📉 Corporate Downsizing
The Man Who Broke Capitalism Summary
The Man Who Broke Capitalism 88%
Jack Welch's doctrine still rules the corner office, and it is slowly gutting the middle class.
by David Gelles 2022
4.03
3k+ ratings
💼 Shareholder Primacy⏱️ Corporate Short-Termism💰 Financialization🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism📉 Corporate Downsizing
American Oligarchy
by Ron Formisano • 2017
Money buys policy, office converts to wealth, and crimes go unpunished in American government.
3.81
31
📛 Political Corruption💰 Campaign Finance🚪 Revolving Door👔 White Collar Crime🏛️ Plutocracy
American Oligarchy Summary
American Oligarchy 88%
Money buys policy, office converts to wealth, and crimes go unpunished in American government.
by Ron Formisano 2017
3.81
31 ratings
📛 Political Corruption💰 Campaign Finance🚪 Revolving Door👔 White Collar Crime🏛️ Plutocracy
The Key Man
by Simon Clark • 2021
Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.
4.18
3k+
🏢 Private Equity🌍 Emerging Markets💸 Financial Fraud🌱 Impact Investing🤝 Elite Networks
The Key Man Summary
The Key Man 88%
Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.
by Simon Clark 2021
4.18
3k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity🌍 Emerging Markets💸 Financial Fraud🌱 Impact Investing🤝 Elite Networks
Treasure Islands
by Nicholas Shaxson • 2011
For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.
4.18
2k+
🏝️ Offshore Finance⚖️ Global Inequality🏢 Corporate Crime🏦 Financial Regulation📜 Economic History
Treasure Islands Summary
Treasure Islands 88%
For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.
by Nicholas Shaxson 2011
4.18
2k+ ratings
🏝️ Offshore Finance⚖️ Global Inequality🏢 Corporate Crime🏦 Financial Regulation📜 Economic History
Private Empire
by Steve Coll • 2012
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
4.00
4k+
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism⚡ Energy Politics💼 Corporate Power
Private Empire Summary
Private Empire 88%
How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.
by Steve Coll 2012
4.00
4k+ ratings
🛢️ Oil Industry🏢 Corporate History🔍 Investigative Journalism⚡ Energy Politics💼 Corporate Power
Pound Foolish
by Helaine Olen • 2012
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
3.67
2k+
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help🏦 Retirement Crisis🛡️ Consumer Advocacy
Pound Foolish Summary
Pound Foolish 88%
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
by Helaine Olen 2012
3.67
2k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help🏦 Retirement Crisis🛡️ Consumer Advocacy
The Shock Doctrine
by Naomi Klein • 2007
Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.
4.30
55k+
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power🏗️ Privatization🌪️ Disaster Politics💣 War Profiteering
The Shock Doctrine Summary
The Shock Doctrine 88%
Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.
by Naomi Klein 2007
4.30
55k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power🏗️ Privatization🌪️ Disaster Politics💣 War Profiteering
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins • 2016
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
3.93
8k+
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts🏢 Corporate Power💸 Debt And Power
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 88%
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
by John Perkins 2016
3.93
8k+ ratings
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts🏢 Corporate Power💸 Debt And Power
Lights Out
by Thomas Gryta • 2020
GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.
3.92
5k+
⚖️ Corporate Governance🏢 Organizational Culture📉 Corporate Decline🧮 Earnings Manipulation💰 Financial Engineering
Lights Out Summary
Lights Out 88%
GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.
by Thomas Gryta 2020
3.92
5k+ ratings
⚖️ Corporate Governance🏢 Organizational Culture📉 Corporate Decline🧮 Earnings Manipulation💰 Financial Engineering
Davos Man
by Peter S. Goodman • 2022
A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.
3.93
1k+
🔻 Economic Inequality🏢 Corporate Power💰 Tax Evasion🌪️ Disaster Capitalism📉 Neoliberalism Critique
Davos Man Summary
Davos Man 88%
A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.
by Peter S. Goodman 2022
3.93
1k+ ratings
🔻 Economic Inequality🏢 Corporate Power💰 Tax Evasion🌪️ Disaster Capitalism📉 Neoliberalism Critique
The Smartest Guys in the Room
by Bethany McLean • 2003
Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.
4.22
28k+
🏢 Corporate Fraud📊 Accounting Manipulation🏛️ Corporate Governance💼 Corporate Hubris🏦 Wall Street Culture
The Smartest Guys in the Room Summary
The Smartest Guys in the Room 88%
Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.
by Bethany McLean 2003
4.22
28k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Fraud📊 Accounting Manipulation🏛️ Corporate Governance💼 Corporate Hubris🏦 Wall Street Culture
Predator Nation
by Charles Ferguson • 2012
The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.
4.11
491
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Regulatory Capture📉 Income Inequality🗳️ Political Corruption📜 Deregulation
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation 88%
The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.
by Charles Ferguson 2012
4.11
491 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Regulatory Capture📉 Income Inequality🗳️ Political Corruption📜 Deregulation
Transaction Man
by Nicholas Lemann • 2019
America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.
3.71
318
🏢 Corporate Governance📜 Financial History🇺🇸 American Capitalism📈 Shareholder Capitalism🏚️ Institutional Decline
Transaction Man Summary
Transaction Man 88%
America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.
by Nicholas Lemann 2019
3.71
318 ratings
🏢 Corporate Governance📜 Financial History🇺🇸 American Capitalism📈 Shareholder Capitalism🏚️ Institutional Decline
The Wal-Mart Effect
by Charles Fishman • 2006
200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.
3.84
4k+
🏬 Big-Box Retail🔗 Supply Chain💼 Corporate Power🛒 Consumer Ethics👷 Labor Exploitation
The Wal-Mart Effect Summary
The Wal-Mart Effect 88%
200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.
by Charles Fishman 2006
3.84
4k+ ratings
🏬 Big-Box Retail🔗 Supply Chain💼 Corporate Power🛒 Consumer Ethics👷 Labor Exploitation
The Anarchy
by William Dalrymple • 2019
A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.
4.20
19k+
📜 Colonial History🏢 Corporate History💰 Economic Plunder⚔️ Mercenary Armies📉 Corporate Malfeasance
The Anarchy Summary
The Anarchy 88%
A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.
by William Dalrymple 2019
4.20
19k+ ratings
📜 Colonial History🏢 Corporate History💰 Economic Plunder⚔️ Mercenary Armies📉 Corporate Malfeasance
The Problem of Twelve
by John Coates • 2023
A few institutions now own and control almost everything: an old democratic trap with no clean exit.
3.52
177
🏛️ Corporate Governance⚖️ Financial Regulation💪 Concentrated Power🗳️ Shareholder Activism💰 Private Equity
The Problem of Twelve Summary
The Problem of Twelve 88%
A few institutions now own and control almost everything: an old democratic trap with no clean exit.
by John Coates 2023
3.52
177 ratings
🏛️ Corporate Governance⚖️ Financial Regulation💪 Concentrated Power🗳️ Shareholder Activism💰 Private Equity
Barbarians at the Gate
by Bryan Burrough • 1989
A CEO's bid to buy his company unleashes Wall Street's biggest takeover war.
4.29
45k+
🏢 Corporate Takeover📰 Business Journalism🪑 Boardroom Politics💰 Leveraged Buyouts📈 1980s Wall Street
Barbarians at the Gate Summary
Barbarians at the Gate 88%
A CEO's bid to buy his company unleashes Wall Street's biggest takeover war.
by Bryan Burrough 1989
4.29
45k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Takeover📰 Business Journalism🪑 Boardroom Politics💰 Leveraged Buyouts📈 1980s Wall Street
Capitalist Punishment
by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2023
Your retirement money is voting on climate mandates and social policy. You were never asked.
4.04
327
📋 Esg Investing📊 Corporate Governance🏦 Wall Street Critique⚠️ Woke Capitalism🏛️ Market Concentration
Capitalist Punishment Summary
Capitalist Punishment 88%
Your retirement money is voting on climate mandates and social policy. You were never asked.
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2023
4.04
327 ratings
📋 Esg Investing📊 Corporate Governance🏦 Wall Street Critique⚠️ Woke Capitalism🏛️ Market Concentration
Money Men
by Dan McCrum • 2022
When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.
4.03
3k+
🏦 Corporate Fraud🔍 Investigative Journalism📢 Whistleblowers⚖️ Regulatory Failure📉 Short Sellers
Money Men Summary
Money Men 88%
When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.
by Dan McCrum 2022
4.03
3k+ ratings
🏦 Corporate Fraud🔍 Investigative Journalism📢 Whistleblowers⚖️ Regulatory Failure📉 Short Sellers
It Takes a Pillage
by Nomi Prins • 2009
Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.
3.96
195
🏦 Investment Banking💰 Government Bailouts🏢 Too Big To Fail🚪 Revolving Door📊 Financial Derivatives
It Takes a Pillage Summary
It Takes a Pillage 88%
Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.
by Nomi Prins 2009
3.96
195 ratings
🏦 Investment Banking💰 Government Bailouts🏢 Too Big To Fail🚪 Revolving Door📊 Financial Derivatives
California Burning
by Katherine Blunt • 2022
The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.
4.26
2k+
🏢 Corporate Malfeasance⚡ Energy Policy🔌 Utility Regulation🔥 Wildfire Crisis🛠️ Aging Infrastructure
California Burning Summary
California Burning 88%
The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.
by Katherine Blunt 2022
4.26
2k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Malfeasance⚡ Energy Policy🔌 Utility Regulation🔥 Wildfire Crisis🛠️ Aging Infrastructure
No Logo
by Naomi Klein • 2000
Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.
3.89
33k+
🌐 Corporate Globalization🛒 Consumer Culture🏭 Labor Exploitation✊ Anti-Globalization🔗 Global Supply Chains
No Logo Summary
No Logo 88%
Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.
by Naomi Klein 2000
3.89
33k+ ratings
🌐 Corporate Globalization🛒 Consumer Culture🏭 Labor Exploitation✊ Anti-Globalization🔗 Global Supply Chains
The Looting Machine
by Tom Burgis • 2015
Your phone links you to a hidden network that turns Africa's oil and minerals into poverty.
4.04
3k+
⛓️ Resource Curse🌍 African Politics⛏️ Extractive Industries🏛️ Crony Capitalism💸 Illicit Finance
The Looting Machine Summary
The Looting Machine 88%
Your phone links you to a hidden network that turns Africa's oil and minerals into poverty.
by Tom Burgis 2015
4.04
3k+ ratings
⛓️ Resource Curse🌍 African Politics⛏️ Extractive Industries🏛️ Crony Capitalism💸 Illicit Finance
The Big Con
by Mariana Mazzucato • 2023
Consultancies charge steep fees while offloading risk; governments are their biggest marks.
3.61
2k+
💼 Management Consulting🏛️ Outsourcing Governance⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest🏚️ Institutional Decay💰 Rent-Seeking
The Big Con Summary
The Big Con 88%
Consultancies charge steep fees while offloading risk; governments are their biggest marks.
by Mariana Mazzucato 2023
3.61
2k+ ratings
💼 Management Consulting🏛️ Outsourcing Governance⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest🏚️ Institutional Decay💰 Rent-Seeking
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One
by William K. Black • 1995
Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.
4.06
185
🏦 Financial Fraud🏛️ Regulatory Capture📊 Accounting Fraud⚠️ Systemic Risk🎲 Moral Hazard
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary
The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One 88%
Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.
by William K. Black 1995
4.06
185 ratings
🏦 Financial Fraud🏛️ Regulatory Capture📊 Accounting Fraud⚠️ Systemic Risk🎲 Moral Hazard
Power Failure
by William D. Cohan • 2022
The celebrated CEO playbook that made GE an icon also programmed its collapse.
4.28
2k+
🏢 Corporate History💰 Financial Engineering📖 Business Biography📊 Earnings Management📉 Organizational Decline
Power Failure Summary
Power Failure 88%
The celebrated CEO playbook that made GE an icon also programmed its collapse.
by William D. Cohan 2022
4.28
2k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate History💰 Financial Engineering📖 Business Biography📊 Earnings Management📉 Organizational Decline
Makers and Takers
by Rana Foroohar • 2016
Finance has stopped serving business; it now feeds on it, extracting wealth, not creating it.
3.97
2k+
🏦 Financialization⏳ Short-Termism🏙️ Wall Street📈 Shareholder Activism🗳️ Money In Politics
Makers and Takers Summary
Makers and Takers 88%
Finance has stopped serving business; it now feeds on it, extracting wealth, not creating it.
by Rana Foroohar 2016
3.97
2k+ ratings
🏦 Financialization⏳ Short-Termism🏙️ Wall Street📈 Shareholder Activism🗳️ Money In Politics
Silent Coup
by Claire Provost • 2023
Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.
4.31
277
🏛️ Corporate Capture⚖️ Trade Tribunals🛡️ Privatized Security🌍 Development Critique🏴 Colonial Legacies
Silent Coup Summary
Silent Coup 88%
Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.
by Claire Provost 2023
4.31
277 ratings
🏛️ Corporate Capture⚖️ Trade Tribunals🛡️ Privatized Security🌍 Development Critique🏴 Colonial Legacies
The World for Sale
by Javier Blas • 2021
A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.
4.32
13k+
🧱 Commodity Trading🚢 Global Supply Chains🚫 Sanctions Busting🛢️ Energy Geopolitics💰 Oligarchic Capitalism
The World for Sale Summary
The World for Sale 88%
A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.
by Javier Blas 2021
4.32
13k+ ratings
🧱 Commodity Trading🚢 Global Supply Chains🚫 Sanctions Busting🛢️ Energy Geopolitics💰 Oligarchic Capitalism
Bailout Nation
by Barry Ritholtz • 2009
Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.
3.87
572
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary Policy🏠 Housing Bubbles💰 Corporate Bailouts⚠️ Moral Hazard
Bailout Nation Summary
Bailout Nation 88%
Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.
by Barry Ritholtz 2009
3.87
572 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary Policy🏠 Housing Bubbles💰 Corporate Bailouts⚠️ Moral Hazard
Bankrupting the Third World
by James Morcan • 2015
The global poverty industry: why aid, loans, and conflict minerals ensure poor nations stay poor.
4.40
96
🛢️ Resource Extraction💰 Aid Critique⛏️ Conflict Minerals🌍 Economic Colonialism💸 Debt And Dependency
Bankrupting the Third World Summary
Bankrupting the Third World 88%
The global poverty industry: why aid, loans, and conflict minerals ensure poor nations stay poor.
by James Morcan 2015
4.40
96 ratings
🛢️ Resource Extraction💰 Aid Critique⛏️ Conflict Minerals🌍 Economic Colonialism💸 Debt And Dependency
The Transformation of Corporate Control
by Neil Fligstein • 1990
Antitrust, not markets, built the modern firm: four legal pivots that remade American business.
4.09
11
🏢 Corporate History📊 Economic Sociology⚖️ Antitrust Law🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions🏛️ Corporate Governance
The Transformation of Corporate Control Summary
The Transformation of Corporate Control 88%
Antitrust, not markets, built the modern firm: four legal pivots that remade American business.
by Neil Fligstein 1990
4.09
11 ratings
🏢 Corporate History📊 Economic Sociology⚖️ Antitrust Law🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions🏛️ Corporate Governance
Beyond Outrage
by Robert B. Reich • 2012
The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.
4.06
2k+
🏚️ Economic Inequality💰 Money In Politics🏢 Corporate Power📈 Progressive Economics🏛️ Political Economy
Beyond Outrage Summary
Beyond Outrage 88%
The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.
by Robert B. Reich 2012
4.06
2k+ ratings
🏚️ Economic Inequality💰 Money In Politics🏢 Corporate Power📈 Progressive Economics🏛️ Political Economy
Go Woke, Go Broke
by Charles Gasparino • 2024
How Disney, Budweiser, and Target lost billions betting their customers wanted progressive politics.
3.81
178
📋 Corporate Governance✊ Corporate Activism🏛️ Free Market Advocacy📊 ESG Investing💼 Shareholder Capitalism
Go Woke, Go Broke Summary
Go Woke, Go Broke 88%
How Disney, Budweiser, and Target lost billions betting their customers wanted progressive politics.
by Charles Gasparino 2024
3.81
178 ratings
📋 Corporate Governance✊ Corporate Activism🏛️ Free Market Advocacy📊 ESG Investing💼 Shareholder Capitalism
Nation on the Take
by Wendell Potter • 2016
Six billion dollars bought the 2012 election. This is what the donors got for their money.
3.97
126
💰 Money In Politics🏛️ Corporate Lobbying🗳️ Political Corruption⛓️ Regulatory Capture👑 Oligarchy
Nation on the Take Summary
Nation on the Take 88%
Six billion dollars bought the 2012 election. This is what the donors got for their money.
by Wendell Potter 2016
3.97
126 ratings
💰 Money In Politics🏛️ Corporate Lobbying🗳️ Political Corruption⛓️ Regulatory Capture👑 Oligarchy
Reckless Endangerment
by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
3.96
2k+
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending💰 Wall Street Excess🔍 Investigative Journalism
Reckless Endangerment Summary
Reckless Endangerment 88%
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
by Gretchen Morgenson 2011
3.96
2k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending💰 Wall Street Excess🔍 Investigative Journalism
Railroaded
by Richard White • 2011
Corrupt, overbuilt, taxpayer-funded: the transcontinentals failed their way into modern America.
3.63
912
🚂 Railroad History💰 Gilded Age🏜️ American West🕵️ Corporate Corruption🏛️ Political Economy
Railroaded Summary
Railroaded 88%
Corrupt, overbuilt, taxpayer-funded: the transcontinentals failed their way into modern America.
by Richard White 2011
3.63
912 ratings
🚂 Railroad History💰 Gilded Age🏜️ American West🕵️ Corporate Corruption🏛️ Political Economy
Kleptopia
by Tom Burgis • 2020
Soviet collapse privatized a theft machine stretching from Kazakh mines to the White House.
3.80
4k+
🕵️ Investigative Journalism🏝️ Offshore Finance🪆 Post-Soviet Oligarchs💎 Resource Curse🎭 Disinformation
Kleptopia Summary
Kleptopia 88%
Soviet collapse privatized a theft machine stretching from Kazakh mines to the White House.
by Tom Burgis 2020
3.80
4k+ ratings
🕵️ Investigative Journalism🏝️ Offshore Finance🪆 Post-Soviet Oligarchs💎 Resource Curse🎭 Disinformation
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer • 2014
Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.
4.02
149
🏦 Rentier Capitalism🏝️ Tax Havens📈 Financialization⚖️ Climate Justice🌱 Degrowth
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich 88%
Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.
by Andrew Sayer 2014
4.02
149 ratings
🏦 Rentier Capitalism🏝️ Tax Havens📈 Financialization⚖️ Climate Justice🌱 Degrowth
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst
by Daniel Reingold • 2006
Wall Street analysts weren't objective. They were dealmakers. One top-ranked insider tells all.
3.88
1k+
🏦 Wall Street Culture📡 Telecom Bubble📉 Corporate Fraud⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest🔍 Information Asymmetry
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Summary
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst 88%
Wall Street analysts weren't objective. They were dealmakers. One top-ranked insider tells all.
by Daniel Reingold 2006
3.88
1k+ ratings
🏦 Wall Street Culture📡 Telecom Bubble📉 Corporate Fraud⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest🔍 Information Asymmetry
Very Bad People
by Patrick Alley • 2022
How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.
4.05
799
🛡️ Anti-Corruption💎 Conflict Resources📰 Investigative Journalism⚖️ Corporate Accountability💰 Money Laundering
Very Bad People Summary
Very Bad People 88%
How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.
by Patrick Alley 2022
4.05
799 ratings
🛡️ Anti-Corruption💎 Conflict Resources📰 Investigative Journalism⚖️ Corporate Accountability💰 Money Laundering
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