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The Big Con How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments and Warps Our Economies

Paperback • 2023 • English

The Big Con How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments and Warps Our Economies

By Mariana Mazzucato, Rosie Collington

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About the book

There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change. Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies' reliance on companies such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY stunts innovation, obfuscates corporate and political accountability and impedes our collective mission of halting climate breakdown. The 'Big Con' describes the confidence trick th...Show more

Business ethics and social responsibility
Entrepreneurship / Start-ups
Consultancy

Book details

ISBN

9780241573099

Publisher

Allen Lane

Published year

2023

Language

English

Original title

The Big Con How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments and Warps Our Economies

Format

Paperback

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