Capitalists, Arise!: End Economic Inequality, Grow the Middle Class, Heal the Nation Audiobook (Free)

Peter Georgescu found its way to this country as a penniless Romanian refugee and rose to be the CEO of Small & Rubicam. That is why he’s so heartsick that with flat wages, disappearing careers, and a shrinking middle income, his kind of rags-to-riches story doesn’t seem feasible now. But he has a message for his fellow CEOs: we’re the types who must consider the lead in fixing the economy.

Marshaling deeply sobering figures, Georgescu depicts the stark reality of America today: a nation with about Capitalists, Occur!: End Economic Inequality, Grow the center Class, Heal the country greater prosperity inequality and lower cultural mobility than simply about every other country in the developed world. But the issue isn’t that free-market capitalism no longer works—it’s that it is been hijacked by shareholder primacy. Where once our business market leaders looked towards the needs and passions of a variety of stakeholders—workers, community members, the business itself—right now they’re myopically centered on making the most of their shareholders’ quarterly comes back.

Capitalists, Arise! shows how the short-term considering spawned by shareholder primacy lies at the root of our current financial malaise and public break down. But Georgescu gives concrete activities that capitalists themselves can take to make a better future. The irony is usually that if businesses do that, shareholders can do even better. Over time, businesses can thrive only once society is healthful and strong. This book is a manifesto calling on capitalists to heal the country that has given them so much.