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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An "eloquent" (Economist) history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley? Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, andthat skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years.?Meanwhile, corporationscontinue to amass?wealth and powerat adizzying rate, recklessly?pursuing?profit?while leaving society to sort out the costs. ? InFor Profit,law professor William Magnusonarguesthat the story of the corporation didn't have to come to this.Throughouthistory,hefinds,corporations havebeenpurpose-builttobenefitthe societies thatsurrounded them.Corporationsenabled everything fromtheconstruction ofancientRome's roads and aqueducts to theartistic flourishing of the Renaissance tothe rise of the middle class in thetwentiethcentury.Byrecapturingthisoriginal spirit ofcivic virtue, Magnuson argues,corporations can helpcraftasocietyin whichall of usnot just shareholdersbenefit from theprofits of enterprise.