When Mckinsey Comes To Town (the Hidden Influence Of The World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm)

By (author) Bogdanich, Walt; By (author) Forsythe Michael
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**A TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**

An explosive exposé of a firm whose work has made your world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous.

McKinsey & Company have earned billions consulting for almost every major corporation in the world - and countless governments, including yours. Shielded by NDAs, their practices have remained hidden - until now.

In this propulsive investigation, prize-winning journalists Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe reveal the disturbing reality. McKinsey''s work includes ruthless cuts to the NHS, troubleshooting for Big Oil, incentivising the prescription of opioids, executing Trump''s immigration policies (the ones that put children in cages) as well as advising some of the world''s most unsavoury despots.

''A story of secrecy, delusion and untold harm'' OBSERVER

''Makes you so angry...the evidence the authors winkle out is astonishing'' SUNDAY TIMES

''Panoramic, meticulously reported and ultimately devastating'' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE

''A harrowing account of decades of dishonourable exploits'' ECONOMIST

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Hard-hitting ... damning ... If you think what management consultants do is to dress up common sense in jargon and flog it as vision to credulous executives, you are, according to [Bogdanich and Forsythe], greatly underestimating their impact
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A masterful work of investigative journalism ... to unearth conflicts of interest, corruption, hypocrisy and strategic blunders that read like a prosecutor''s indictment ... The fact that neither regulators, the public, nor most of McKinsey''s employees knew about these sordid episodes ... is a testament to the authors'' prowess as investigative reporters ... superb
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Deeply reported ... The portrait this book creates is one of a company chasing profits, spreading the gospel of downsizing and offshoring, its leaders virtually unmoored from any guiding principles or moral code ... a clear and devastating picture of the management philosophy that helped drive the decline of a stable ... middle class over the last 50 years''
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Hypocrisy, avarice, ridiculous PowerPoints, aiding and abetting the world''s polluters and drug companies. Every page made my blood boil as I read about McKinsey''s flawed reasoning and the vast profits made from ethically dubious work for governments, polluting companies and big pharma
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''A lengthy and damning charge sheet ... makes you so angry you want to chuck rocks at its offices ... the evidence the authors winkle out is astonishing ... What sustains you are the authors'' eye for detail and killer quotes. If you want to know why top pay for US executives has risen to a record 350 times that of the average worker, look to McKinsey
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A highly informed, fascinating read
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A harrowing account of decades of dishonourable exploits
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New York Times reporters Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe''s devastating investigation into the consulting firm uncovers a story of secrecy, delusion and untold harm. ... The book''s scrutiny - and measured sense of outrage - is overdue and, you hope, only the beginning
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With McKinsey''s deep reach into business and government around the world, it is inevitably and correctly a focus for discussion on what modern corporations are for ... That this internal turmoil has come to light is testament to the depth of sourcing of journalists Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe [whose] reporting of these and o