The Big Con How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies

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  • 9780241573082
  • 23 februari 2023
  • 368 pagina's
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Mariana Mazzucato

"Mariana Mazzucato is hoogleraar Economics of Innovation and Public Value (University College London) en directeur van het Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose (IIPP). Bij Nieuw Amsterdam verschenen van haar hand De ondernemende staat, De waarde van alles en Moonshot. Mazzucato ontving diverse prijzen voor haar werk. Rosie Collington onderzoekt voor haar promotie aan het Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose de politieke economie van klimaatbeleid. Ze schrijft onder meer voor The Guardian, openDemocracy, New Political Economy en het Institute for New Economic Thinking."

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There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change. Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies' reliance on companies such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY stunts innovation, obfuscates corporate and political accountability and impedes our collective mission of halting climate breakdown. The 'Big Con' describes the confidence trick the consulting industry performs in contracts with hollowed-out and risk-averse governments and shareholder value-maximizing firms. It grew from the 1980s and 1990s in the wake of reforms by both the neoliberal right and Third Way progressives, and it thrives on the ills of modern capitalism, from financialization and privatization to the climate crisis. It is possible because of the unique power that big consultancies wield through extensive contracts and networks - as advisors, legitimators and outsourcers - and the illusion that they are objective sources of expertise and capacity. To make matters worse, our best and brightest graduates are often redirected away from public service into consulting. In all these ways, the Big Con weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments and warps our economies. Mazzucato and Collington expertly debunk the myth that consultancies always add value to the economy. With a wealth of original research, they argue brilliantly for investment and collective intelligence within all organizations and communities, and for a new system in which public and private sectors work innovatively for the common good. We must recalibrate the role of consultants and rebuild economies and governments that are fit for purpose.

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Mariana Mazzucato
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Rosie Collington
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