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Description: When McKinsey Comes to Town by Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe The explosive expose of the billion-dollar company that has often made our world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous.**A TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive expose of a firm whose work has made your world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous.McKinsey & Company have earned billions consulting almost every major corporation in the world - and countless governments, including our own. Shielded by NDAs, their practices have remained vague - until now.In this propulsive investigation, prize-winning journalists Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe reveal the jaw-dropping reality. McKinseys work includes ruthless cost-cutting in the NHS, troubleshooting for Big Oil, executing Trumps immigration policies (the ones that put children in cages) as well as advising some of the worlds most unsavoury despots.A story of secrecy, delusion and untold harm OBSERVERMakes you so angry...the evidence the authors winkle out is astonishing SUNDAY TIMESPanoramic, meticulously reported and ultimately devastating PATRICK RADDEN KEEFEA harrowing account of decades of dishonourable exploits ECONOMIST FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Walt Bogdanich (Author)Walt Bogdanich is an investigative reporter for the New York Times and is one of the USs most-honoured journalists. He has been awarded three Pulitzer Prizes and four George Polk Awards for his investigative journalism. He previously produced stories for 60 Minutes, ABC News and the Wall Street Journal in New York and Washington. He has a BA in political science from the University of Wisconsin and a masters degree in journalism from Ohio State University. He lives in Port Washington, NY.Michael Forsythe (Author)Michael Forsythe is an investigative reporter for the New York Times. At Bloomberg he was part of a team that won the George Polk Award in 2013. Forsythe is a veteran of the US Navy. He has a BA in international economics from Georgetown University and a masters degree in East Asian studies from Harvard University. He lives in New York City. Review Hard-hitting ... damning ... If you think what management consultants do is to dress up common sense in jargon and flog it as vision to credulous executives, you are, according to [Bogdanich and Forsythe], greatly underestimating their impact * The Times *A masterful work of investigative journalism ... to unearth conflicts of interest, corruption, hypocrisy and strategic blunders that read like a prosecutors indictment ... The fact that neither regulators, the public, nor most of McKinseys employees knew about these sordid episodes ... is a testament to the authors prowess as investigative reporters ... superb * Washington Post *Deeply reported ... The portrait this book creates is one of a company chasing profits, spreading the gospel of downsizing and offshoring, its leaders virtually unmoored from any guiding principles or moral code ... a clear and devastating picture of the management philosophy that helped drive the decline of a stable ... middle class over the last 50 years * The New York Times *Hypocrisy, avarice, ridiculous PowerPoints, aiding and abetting the worlds polluters and drug companies. Every page made my blood boil as I read about McKinseys flawed reasoning and the vast profits made from ethically dubious work for governments, polluting companies and big pharma -- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate, author of The Price of InequalityA lengthy and damning charge sheet ... makes you so angry you want to chuck rocks at its offices ... the evidence the authors winkle out is astonishing ... What sustains you are the authors eye for detail and killer quotes. If you want to know why top pay for US executives has risen to a record 350 times that of the average worker, look to McKinsey * Sunday Times *A highly informed, fascinating read * The Guardian *A harrowing account of decades of dishonourable exploits * Economist *New York Times reporters Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythes devastating investigation into the consulting firm uncovers a story of secrecy, delusion and untold harm. ... The books scrutiny - and measured sense of outrage - is overdue and, you hope, only the beginning * Observer *With McKinseys deep reach into business and government around the world, it is inevitably and correctly a focus for discussion on what modern corporations are for ... That this internal turmoil has come to light is testament to the depth of sourcing of journalists Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe [whose] reporting of these and other controversies has intensified questions over the firms ethics ... The debate ... is intensely uncomfortable for McKinseys leadership * Financial Times *In government and the private sector, the influence of McKinsey is difficult to overstate. Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe penetrate the firms vaunted culture of secrecy to expose the malign ways in which McKinseys scientific management ends up impacting all of our lives. Panoramic, meticulously reported and ultimately devastating, this is an important book -- Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of PainTwo of the finest investigative reporters in the business got behind the wall of secrecy erected by one the worlds most influential companies. A revelatory - and disturbing - portrait of a powerful firm whose vaunted reputation is belied by its actions -- Jane Mayer, author of The Dark SideAfter the publication of When McKinsey Comes to Town, the secretive consulting firm is going to need its own management consultant to address the damage. A tour de force of investigative reporting -- James B. Stewart, author of Den of ThievesCan you trust those clever folk at the consulting firm McKinsey? ... This book shows that McKinsey & Company has a darker side. * The Times, *Best Business Books of 2022* *Timely * The Week *Excellent investigative work ... Every chapter of When McKinsey Comes to Town lays out another disturbing case in which McKinsey worked against the public interest * Literary Review *An investigative tour de force [that] strip[s] away the aura of respectability that has surrounded the profession for more than a century * Prospect *[An] account...based on exhaustive research... [which] makes for compelling reading * Times Literary Supplement * Details ISBN152911277X Author Michael Forsythe Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781529112771 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-10-05 Imprint Vintage Subtitle The Hidden Influence of the Worlds Most Powerful Consulting Firm Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-10-05 NZ Release Date 2023-10-05 UK Release Date 2023-10-05 ISBN-10 152911277X Pages 368 DEWEY 001.068 Alternative 9781473576698 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:145306370;

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