Author: Astor LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
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Catalogue of the Astor Library
Author: Astor LibraryCorporation Nation
Author: Robert E. WrightPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081220896X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
From bank bailouts and corporate scandals to the financial panic of 2008 and its lingering effects, corporate governance in America has been wracked by crises. Amid a weakening system of checks and balances in which corporate executives have little incentive to protect shareholder interests, U.S. corporations are growing larger and more irresponsible at the same time. But dependence on corporate profit was crucial to the early republic's growth, success, and security: despite protests that incorporated business was an inefficient and potentially corrupting system, U.S. state governments chartered more corporations per capita than any other nation—including Britain—effectively making the United States a "corporation nation." Drawing on legal and economic history, Robert E. Wright traces the development and decline of corporate institutions in America, connecting today's financial failures to deteriorating corporate law. In the nineteenth century, checks and balances kept managerial interests aligned with those of stockholders, and public opinion grew supportive as corporations raised billions of dollars to finance infrastructure such as transportation networks, financial systems, and manufacturing operations. But many of these checks and balances were dismantled after the Civil War, creating a space for the managerial malfeasance that spiraled into economic crisis in the twenty-first century. Bolstered with archival and original data, including the first complete count of American business corporations before the Civil War, Corporation Nation makes a compelling argument for improved internal governance and more effective external government regulation.
The Commercial & Financial Chronicle ...
Author: Standard Corporation Service and Unlisted and Local Securities Service
Author: Standard Statistics CompanyPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Who's who in New York City and State
Author: Lewis Randolph HamerslyPublisher:
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
Book Description
Containing authentic biographies of New Yorkers who are leaders and representatives in various departments of worthy human achievement including sketches of every army and navy officer born in or appointed from New York and now serving, of all the congressmen from the state, all state senators and judges, and all ambassadors, ministers and consuls appointed from New York.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
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