{"product_id":"when-more-is-not-better-overcoming-americas-obsession-with-economic-efficiency-9781647820060","title":"When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency","description":"\u003cp\u003eStrategy guru and world-renowned business thinker Roger Martin starkly outlines why our American system of democratic capitalism is in danger--because it has long been viewed as a kind of \"perfectible machine\" of economic efficiency. We need to shift to treating it as a complex adaptive system, balancing efficiency with resilience. This book shows how.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA provocative big-picture argument from a leading business thinker.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTimely--there is currently hot debate about the future of capitalism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn engaging, impressive synthesis of business, economic, and political thinking and context.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact, essayistic, and well-written.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAudience: Business leaders, thoughtful senior executives and managers, policy wonks, intelligent general readers interested in the economy, political economy, and the future of capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger L. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Strategic Management, Emeritus, at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, where he served as Dean (1998-2013) and as Institute Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute (2013-2019). In 2017 Thinkers50 named him the world's number one management thinker. He has published eleven books, including \u003ci\u003eCreating Great Choices\u003c\/i\u003e with Jennifer Riel and \u003ci\u003ePlaying to Win\u003c\/i\u003e with A.G. Lafley, as well as many \u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e articles. Martin is a trusted strategy adviser to the CEOs of many global companies. A Canadian from Wallenstein, Ontario, he holds an AB from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can find Roger Martin at: \u003cbr\u003erogerlmartin.com\u003cbr\u003etwitter.com\/RogerLMartin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harvard Business Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50681934741778,"sku":"9781647820060","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_08ac30a1-2a9b-4614-9a34-0ec27ebb9933.jpg?v=1733960781","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-more-is-not-better-overcoming-americas-obsession-with-economic-efficiency-9781647820060","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}