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

by Roger L Martin

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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 inevitable decline of the American economy? Is it the new normal in a technology-enabled global marketplace? Or is it possible that the very theories we’ve embraced to underpin our capital markets are...Read more
  • ISBN10 1422171647
  • ISBN13 9781422171646
  • Publish Date 3 May 2011 (first published 1 April 2011)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Harvard Business School Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 272
  • Language English