Description: When McKinsey Comes to Town by Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POSTs 50 NOTABLE WORKS OF NONFICTIONAn explosive, deeply reported exposé of McKinsey & Company, the international consulting firm that advises corporations and governments, that highlights the often drastic impact of its work on employees and citizens around the worldMcKinsey & Company is the most prestigious consulting company in the world, earning billions of dollars in fees from major corporations and governments who turn to it to maximize their profits and enhance efficiency. In When McKinsey Comes to Town, two prizewinning investigative journalists have written a portrait of the company sharply at odds with its public image. Often McKinseys advice boils down to major cost-cutting, including layoffs and maintenance reductions, to drive up short-term profits, thereby boosting a companys stock price and the wealth of its executives who hire it, at the expense of workers and safety measures. McKinsey collects millions of dollars advising government agencies that also regulate McKinseys corporate clients.Shielded by NDAs, McKinsey has escaped public scrutiny despite its role in advising tobacco and vaping companies, purveyors of opioids, repressive governments, and oil companies. McKinsey helped insurance companies boost their profits by making it incredibly difficult for accident victims to get payments; worked its U.S. government contacts to let Wall Street firms evade scrutiny. And much more. When McKinsey Comes to Town is a landmark work of investigative reporting that amounts to a devastating portrait of a firm whose work has often made the world more unequal, more corrupt, and more dangerous. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography WALT BOGDANICH is an investigative reporter for The New YorkTimes. He has been awarded three Pulitzer Prizes for his investigativejournalism and four George Polk Awards. He previously produced stories for "60 Minutes," ABC News and The Wall Street Journal in New York and Washington. He has a B.A. 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 is an investigative reporter for The New York Times. At Bloomberg was part of a team that won the George Polk Award in 2013. Mr. Forsythe is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He has a B.A. in international economics from Georgetown University, aMasters degree in East Asian Studies from Harvard University, and studied Chinese at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He lives in New York City. Review New York Times Bestseller • A New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of the Year • One ofThe Washington Posts 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction • Investigative Reporters & Editors 2022 award winner for Best Investigative Book"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 form any guiding principles or moral code…a clear and devastating picture of the management philosophy that helped drive the decline of a stable American middle class over the last 50 years." —The New York Times Book Review"Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe shatter the luminous image of McKinsey & Co…In a masterful work of investigative journalism building on their reporting for the New York Times, Bogdanich and Forsythe pierce through McKinseys "culture of secrecy...Superb"—The Washington Post"A harrowing account of decades of dishonourable exploits at McKinsey." —The Economist"The authors find McKinseys fingerprints on most every major corporate scandal of recent generations, from big tobacco starting in the 1950s to big pharma in the years leading to the opioid scandals. More striking is their effort to implicate the firm in a long list of broader social and economic ills like income inequality, the hollowing out of the middle class, and the financial crisis of 2007-8….the evidence Bogdanich and Forsythe amass is impressive….That McKinseys deep connection to many of these corporations and policies has not been well known is in part a function of the firms obsessive focus on secrecy, enforced through a web of strict non-disclosure agreements. This makes the reporting that went into "When McKinsey Comes to Town" all the more remarkable."—Business Insider"When McKinsey Comes to Town is highly informed, a fascinating read. The authors, New York Times investigative reporters Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe, have done their homework. They name names, connect dots and unearth documents. Sources speak in Technicolor….Speaking to Bogdanich and Forsythe, one former McKinsey consultant put the reach of the firm into some perspective. Forget secret cabals, illuminati, lizard people, or globalists he said. Instead, there is … McKinsey."—The Guardian "Bogdanich and Forsythe peel back the layers of secrecy surrounding management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. in this revelatory and often shocking account. Drawing on interviews with nearly one hundred current and former McKinsey employees, as well as client and billing records, the authors uncover a devastating pattern of harm caused by greed, conflicts of interest, and unethical behavior…. Scrupulously documented and fluidly written, this is a jaw-dropping feat of investigative journalism."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Two award-winning New York Times investigative reporters take down the worlds leading consulting firm, counsel to mega-corporations, dictators, and union-busters everywhere….. A startling case study of how unchecked corporate power affects world affairs—and all of us."—Kirkus Reviews "The nearly century-old McKinsey & Company describes itself as the worlds largest consulting firm. Sounds benign, doesnt it? Yet McKinseys sway over some of the most influential industries and domestic and foreign government agencies is a manifestation of corruption and greed down to the molecular level. Cleverly employing a panoply of NDAs and other protective legal tools, McKinsey further cloaks itself behind a thick scrum of obfuscating corporate-speak peppered throughout its infamous PowerPoint slide decks. With clients in energy and entertainment, the FDA and the NBA, Saudi Arabia and South Africa, McKinsey touts its skill at increasing profitability and efficiency, chiefly through draconian, often dangerous, staff cutbacks and price- cutting. Such advice, however, comes with a hefty price tag, yet when a client becomes mired in scandal, often resulting from McKinseys recommendations, the companys fingerprints are nowhere to be found. Recipients of multiple prestigious prizes for their far-reaching investigative journalism, Bogdanich and Forsythe pull back the curtain on the unseen depths of McKinseys pernicious and insidious influence. Thanks to their unprecedented level of access to crucial records and key insider accounts, this monumental corporate exposé will do for management consulting what Patrick Radden Keefes Empire of Pain (2021) did for the opioid epidemic and the Sacklers." —Booklist "Two of the finest investigative reporters in the business got behind the wall of secrecy erected by one the worlds most influential companies. WHEN MCKINSEY COMES TO TOWN is a revelatory – and disturbing – portrait of a powerful firm whose vaunted reputation is belied by its actions."—Jane Mayer, New York Times bestselling author of THE DARK SIDE and DARK MONEY "In government and the private sector, in the United States and around the world, the influence of McKinsey is difficult to overstate. Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe penetrate the firms vaunted culture of secrecy to expose the complicity of business consultants in abetting the conduct of unsavory clients -- from despots to opioid pushers -- and 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, New York Times bestselling author of SAY NOTHING and EMPIRE OF PAIN "Bogdanich and Forsythe show how McKinsey, rather than optimizing social welfare, optimizes corporate profits and greed. In doing so the Firm has become a super spreader of corporate misdeed and contributed to Americas growing inequality problem. Hypocrisy, avarice, ridiculous power points, 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 in economics 2011 and University Professor, Columbia University "After the publication of When McKinsey Comes to Town, the secretive consulting firm is going to need its own management consultant to address the damage. The book is a devastating account of McKinseys influence at the top levels of government and industry. In arresting detail Bogdanich and Forsythe show how McKinsey has enabled—and profited from—one bad actor after another, from American opioid and cigarette makers to Russian oligarchs and state monopolies to Saudi Arabias accused murderer-prince, Mohammed bin Salman, even while boasting that its making the world a better place. The book is a tour de force of investigative reporting." —James B. Stewart, New York Times bestselling author of Den of Thieves and Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism at Columbia University Details ISBN0593081870 Author Michael Forsythe Pages 368 Publisher Random House USA Inc Year 2023 ISBN-13 9780593081877 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-10-03 Imprint Anchor Books Subtitle The Hidden Influence of the Worlds Most Powerful Consulting Firm Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-10-03 NZ Release Date 2023-10-03 US Release Date 2023-10-03 UK Release Date 2023-10-03 DEWEY 001.068 Audience General 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:145252210;
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