Going off the Rails

Global Capital and the Crisis of Legitimacy

By: John Plender

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Hardcover | 7 March 2003 | Edition Number 1

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296 Pages

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The capitalist model was developed in the 19th century and recent events have shown the difficulties of adapting this to the demands of the 21st century, in which human and social capital are of far greater importance than physical capital. In Going off the Rails, John Plender shows how corporate scandals, inflated boardroom pay, corporate governance disciplines and outmoded accountancy conventions have stretched the Anglo-American model to its limit and what the effects of this might be on globalisation and the capital markets.

Industry Reviews

"... cleverly links globalisation and Anglo-American capitalism... if you want to understand what business is going through, it is an excellent place to start." (Management Today, March 2003)

'Plender, a respected Financial Times columnist and former chaiman of the corporate governance consultancy PIRC, analyses the crisis cogently both on macro and micro levels' (Director, April 2003)

"?His insightful and wide-ranging book is a must for anyone who wants to understand how global finance shapes the world?" (New Statesman, 21 April 2003)

"?Going off the Rails looks at the myriad ways in which those trusted to look after shareholders? money have let them down?" (Financial Times, 5 May 2003)

??An intelligent book??(En, May/June 2003)

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