{"product_id":"a-one-legged-stool-ed-chambliss-9798985448702","title":"A One-Legged Stool: How Shareholder Primacy Has Broken Business (And What We Can Do About It)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHave you ever wondered if business needs to be so...unbalanced?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs putting shareholders above everyone else the only way for private enterprise to be successful? Is that \"just the way it is?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe short answer is \"no.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore \"shareholder primacy\" took hold in the 1970s, investors weren't more important than other stakeholders. Companies balanced the interests of \u003cem\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003e the legs of the corporate stool - customers, employees, communities, and shareholders - and everyone's life got better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, what happened? How did we get to today, where \"maximizing shareholder value\" is seen as the panacea for all the world's ills? And, more importantly, what's the path forward that allows business to profit by applying its significant resources to solving society's problems, rather than making them worse?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all rely on the stool of business to elevate our lives. Let's fix it before it collapses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Chambliss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8985448706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798985448702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Best Friend Brands, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Ed Chambliss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992787648767,"sku":"9798985448702","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63dc8f1a-823d-4be8-a3ab-0a987e2b4642.jpg?v=1683320795","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-one-legged-stool-ed-chambliss-9798985448702","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}