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020			_a9781541601574 _qpaperback _cRM109.95
040			_aPPAK _beng _cPPAK _erda
082	0	4	_a338.7409 _223
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100	1		_aMagnuson, William J., _d1982- _eauthor
245	1	0	_aFOR PROFIT : _bA HISTORY OF CORPORATIONS / _cWilliam Magnuson
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _c2023
264		4	_c©2023
264		4	_c©2024
300			_avii, 357 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_tCorpus economicus
505			_tThe bank
505			_tThe stock
505			_tThe monopoly
505			_tThe assembly line
505			_tThe multinational
505			_tThe raider
505			_tThe start-up.
520			_aA 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.
650	1	0	_aProfit _xHistory.
650	2	0	_aCorporations _xHistory.
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