{"product_id":"for-profit-a-history-of-corporations-9781541601567","title":"For Profit: A History of Corporations","description":"\u003cb\u003eA history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmericans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years. Meanwhile, corporations continue to amass wealth and power at a dizzying rate, recklessly pursuing profit while leaving society to sort out the costs. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFor Profit\u003c\/i\u003e, law professor William Magnuson argues that the story of the corporation didn't have to come to this. Throughout history, he finds, corporations have been purpose-built to benefit the societies that surrounded them. Corporations enabled everything from the construction of ancient Rome's roads and aqueducts to the artistic flourishing of the Renaissance to the rise of the middle class in the twentieth century. By recapturing this original spirit of civic virtue, Magnuson argues, corporations can help craft a society in which all of us--not just shareholders--benefit from the profits of enterprise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541601567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Magnuson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370649063605,"sku":"9781541601567","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b317ea1a-b6ea-48f8-8c60-f600c199c486.jpg?v=1663041277","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/for-profit-a-history-of-corporations-9781541601567","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}