The Man Who Broke Capitalism — Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Decay (Audio)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world — one book at a time.
This episode explores The Man Who Broke Capitalism by David Gelles as a systems-level analysis of how shareholder primacy reshaped American corporations — and why the consequences continue to ripple through the economy.
By focusing on incentives rather than individuals, the book explains how layoffs, financialization, and stock-price obsession became normalized signals of success, even as they undermined long-term stability, safety, and trust.
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