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When McKinsey Comes to Town

The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
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When McKinsey Comes to Town by Michael Forsythe and Walt Bogdanich explores the influential consulting firm McKinsey & Company's impact on businesses and governments worldwide. The book delves into how their advice has shaped corporate strategies, often favouring profitability over ethics, and examines the broader consequences on society.
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You might enjoy this book if you are intrigued by the inner workings of the influential consulting firm McKinsey & Company and how its advice and strategies have shaped corporations and governments around the world. It offers a critical look at the power and impact of one of the most secretive yet significant companies operating behind the scenes.

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The explosive expose of the billion-dollar company that has often made our world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous.

A TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022

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

McKinsey & Company have earned billions consulting almost every major corporation in the worldβ€”and countless governments, including our own. Shielded by NDAs, their practices have remained vagueβ€”until now.

In this propulsive investigation, prize-winning journalists Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe reveal the jaw-dropping reality. McKinsey's work includes ruthless cost-cutting in the NHS, troubleshooting for Big Oil, 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' β€” OBSERVER

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

'Panoramic, meticulously reported and ultimately devastating' β€” PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE

'A harrowing account of decades of dishonourable exploits' β€” ECONOMIST

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The book, When McKinsey Comes to Town, by Michael Forsythe and Walt Bogdanich, has garnered praise for its hard-hitting, masterful investigative journalism. Reviews highlight its detailed uncovering of conflicts of interest, corruption, and hypocrisy within McKinsey, portraying the firm as driven by profit with little regard for ethical considerations. The investigative work is highly regarded, making the book a powerful and illuminating read on the controversial activities of one of the world's most influential consulting firms.

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ISBN: 9781529112771

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 258g

Pages: 368

About the Author

Walt Bogdanich (Author) Walt Bogdanich is an investigative reporter for the New York Times and is one of the US's most-honoured journalists. He has been awarded three Pulitzer Prizes and four George Polk Awards for his investigative journalism. He previously produced stories for 60 Minutes, ABC News and the Wall Street Journal in New York and Washington. He has a BA in political science from the University of Wisconsin and a master's degree in journalism from Ohio State University. He lives in Port Washington, NY. Michael Forsythe (Author) Michael Forsythe is an investigative reporter for the New York Times. At Bloomberg he was part of a team that won the George Polk Award in 2013. Forsythe is a veteran of the US Navy. He has a BA in international economics from Georgetown University and a master's degree in East Asian studies from Harvard University. He lives in New York City.

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