02702cam a22004697i 4500 23144222 BJBSDDR 20240527155630.0 ta 230525t20222022nyu b 001 0 eng d 2022940721 GBC2F8249 bnb 020737440 Uk 9781541601567 (hardcover) 1541601564 (hardcover) (OCoLC)on1303672820 Perseus Books Group, C/O Hachette Book Group USA 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109 SAN 200-2205 YDX spa rda YDX TOH ERASA UKMGB OCLCF HSA CGB NYP JQF IMT GWL JBO VP@ IUK GRG U3W CTU LMR DLC eng lccopycat HD 2721 M199p 2022 338.7409 23 Magnuson, William J., 1982- author 35931 For profit : a history of corporations / William Magnuson. History of corporations First edition. New York : Basic Books, 2022. vii, 357 pages ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-343) and index (pages 345-357). Corpus economicus -- The bank -- The stock -- The monopoly -- The assembly line -- The multinational -- The raider -- The start-up. "A 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"--Provided by publisher Corporations History. Corporaciones Historia 4772 Profit History. Ganancias Historia 18072 ebook version : 9781399805223 lcc 0 BK rmza 121310 121310 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2024-05-15 0 HD 2721 M199p 2022 00000178536 2024-05-15 00:00:00 1 2024-05-15 BK