In Third Wave Capitalism, John Ehrenreich documents the emergence of a new stage in the history of American capitalism. Just as the industrial capitalism of the nineteenth century gave way to corporate capitalism in the twentieth, recent decades have witnessed corporate capitalism evolving into a new phase, which Ehrenreich calls "Third Wave Capitalism." Third Wave Capitalism is marked by apparent contradictions: Rapid growth in productivity and lagging...

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New York Times reporter and "Corner Office" columnist David Gelles reveals legendary GE CEO Jack Welch to be the root of all that's wrong with capitalism today and offers advice on how we might right those wrongs.
In 1981, Jack Welch took over General Electric and quickly rose to fame as the first celebrity CEO. He golfed with presidents, mingled with movie stars, and was idolized...

One of the twentieth century's defining economic minds proposes a new theory on how capitalism produces wealth and how the American economy can regain its vitality and growth.

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The American economy has experienced considerable growth in the last 30 years, but virtually none of this growth has trickled down to the average American. Equally troubling, these policies have been devastating to both American productivity and our long-term competitiveness. Tyler describes exactly what went wrong with the American economy, how countries around the world have avoided these problems, and what we need to do to get back