SUMMARY - Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From The World Of Wall Street By John Brooks
Written by Shortcut Edition
Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G
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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
As you read this summary, you will discover a history of capitalism in the United States told through 12 distinct narratives.
You will also discover :
- the causes of the spectacular bank crash of 1962;
- behind the scenes of the commercial sinking of the Ford Edsel;
- the impressive rise of Xerox;
- the fate of the U.S. tax system;
- the mysteries of the scandals that punctuated the history of General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur.
"The Business Adventures" is a collection of anecdotes about American financial blunders through the ages. This book takes up, one by one, and in the form of short stories, the various errors and incongruities of the economic history of the United States, and underlines the importance of the human element within companies. The portraits of the latter, put end-to-end, draw the outlines of a fresco of America.
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