Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL

by Roger L. Martin

Book Overview

American capitalism is in dire straits, caught in a perilous pattern of increasing volatility, decreasing investor returns, and ongoing bad behavior by executives. And it's getting worse. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, we've seen two massive value-destroying market meltdowns and a string of ethics breaches, including accounting scandals, options-backdating schemes, and the subprime mortgage debacle. Just what is going on here? Is it the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1422171647
• ISBN13: 9781422171646
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.2"