John Micklethwait oversees coverage of the United States for The Economist. He lives in London. Adrian Wooldridge works for The Economist in Washington, D.C. They are coauthors of A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Promise of Globalization and The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus.
Praise for The Company by John Micklethwait and Adrian
Wooldridge
“Remarkable . . . True believers in the free market faith and
heretics alike will profit from knowing this history.”
–San Francisco Chronicle
“A swashbuckling journey through the past and into the future of
the modern company.”
–Los Angeles Times
The authors take up [the corporation’s] tale with brio and wit . .
. . Worthwhile for almost anyone with an interest in the
subject.”
–The Wall Street Journal
“The limited-liability joint-stock company is a very marvel of the
modern world economy, a historical force to rival religions,
monarchies, and even states. The Company tells the colorful story
of its birth and maturation—and its pervasive social and cultural
consequences—with rare concision and flair.”
—David M. Kennedy, author of Freedom from Fear and professor of
history at Stanford University
“A fascinating and delightful investigation both of how the guilds
and ‘corporate persons’ of the Middle Ages turned into the
institution from which so many people today directly and indirectly
earn their daily bread and of the issues facing the company in the
twenty-first century.”
—Daniel Yergin, author of The Prize and coauthor of The Commanding
Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
Praise for The Company by John Micklethwait and Adrian
Wooldridge
"Remarkable . . . True believers in the free market faith and
heretics alike will profit from knowing this history."
-San Francisco Chronicle
"A swashbuckling journey through the past and into the
future of the modern company."
-Los Angeles Times
The authors take up [the corporation's] tale with brio and wit . .
. . Worthwhile for almost anyone with an interest in the
subject."
-The Wall Street Journal
"The limited-liability joint-stock company is a very marvel of the
modern world economy, a historical force to rival religions,
monarchies, and even states. The Company tells the colorful
story of its birth and maturation-and its pervasive social and
cultural consequences-with rare concision and flair."
-David M. Kennedy, author of Freedom from Fear and
professor of history at Stanford University
"A fascinating and delightful investigation both of how the guilds
and 'corporate persons' of the Middle Ages turned into the
institution from which so many people today directly and indirectly
earn their daily bread and of the issues facing the company in the
twenty-first century."
-Daniel Yergin, author of The Prize and coauthor of
The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
Two Economist staffers explain how the joint-stock company became today's corporate giant. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
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