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American business
2 Books2 Highlights20 Themes
American business appears across 2 books, with 2 highlights.
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Corporation as Conscience-Free Machine, Control Wealth, Don't Just Own It, Government Steel In, Foreign Flag Out
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As one GAO investigator remarked in the course of a hearing on Maritime Commission corruption, “At no time in the history of American business have so few men made so much money with so little risk — and all at the expe…
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"As one GAO investigator remarked in the course of a hearing on Maritime Commission corruption, “At no time in the history of American business have so few men made so much money with so little risk — and all at the expense of the taxpayers, not only of this generation, but of generations to come.’’"
The Invisible Billionaire, Daniel Ludwig
"Yet at his core he loved making deals, often, it seemed to me, simply for the pleasure of making them. His guideline, I decided, was the more complicated the deal, the better. From our initial meeting, I liked Steve enormously. For the next twenty-five years we would be friends and, on occasion, partners working together in enterprises that would change the shape and scope of American business."
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Themes
Corporation as Conscience-Free MachineControl Wealth, Don't Just Own ItGovernment Steel In, Foreign Flag OutCharter First, Build With Their CreditCargo Creates the Need for ShipsPrivate Companies Beyond Government EyesPay Yourself Through Your Own CompaniesFloat Capital as Free LeveragePaper Clip Frugality as Operating ReligionYacht Diplomacy to Close ChartersFrontier Ventures Where No One Else Will GoProfitable Service Over Growth for GrowthIncorporating Problem Causers Into SolutionsMoral Obligation Bond InnovationBear Hug Takeover StrategyRelationship Banking Over Transaction FocusGovernment Partnership During Business CrisisTheater in High-Stakes NegotiationsSquare Pegs Into Round HolesCrisis Action Before Complete Data