Publisher Description
In The Company, the largely unknown history of the joint-stock company is presented by the editors of Economist. One of history's greatest catalysts, the joint-stock company has dramatically changed the way human beings live, work, and conduct business. With companies now affecting the world on a global scale, it is more pressing than ever before to understand this driving force. A concise and entertaining Modern Library Classic, The Company is a fascinating listen with a reading from narrator Jonathan Davis.
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"Fascinating from an anthropological perspective...how much of what we take for granted in our culture is based on corporate history. I also appreciate that the authors presented the company as neither demon nor savior.
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Bernadine (4 out of 5 stars)
About the Authors
Adrian Wooldridge
was educated at Oxford and went on to work for The Economist as West Coast correspondent, social-policy
correspondent, and management editor, and is currently Washington, DC,
correspondent. Together with John Micklethwait, he has co-authored several
books, including The Witch Doctors, A Future
Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalisation, and The Company: A Short History of a
Revolutionary Idea.
John Micklethwait
is the editor-in-chief of The Economist.
After studying history at Magdalen College, Oxford, he worked as a banker at
Chase Manhattan between 1985 and 1987 before joining The Economist as a finance correspondent in 1987. Micklethwait has
appeared on radio and television around the world, and co-authored with Adrian
Wooldridge several books, including The
Witch Doctors, A Future Perfect, The Company, The Right Nation, and God is Back. He was named Editors’
Editor by the British Society of Magazine Editors in 2010. He is a trustee of
the British Museum.
About Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Davis has been inducted into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame. A three-time recipient and fourteen-time nominee of the Audie Award, he has earned accolades for his narration from the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, the American Library Association, Booklist, the Audio Publishers Association, AudioFile magazine, and USA Today. He has narrated a variety of bestsellers and award-winners for top publishing houses. He also narrated over forty titles of the Star Wars franchise for Lucasfilm Ltd./PRH Audio, including several iconic movie tie-ins, has participated with Star Wars Celebration, and has built a significant fan base. His work as a narrator includes films and programming for National Geographic Television, NOVA, PBS, VH1, and Francis Ford Coppola. He grew up in Puerto Rico and speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew.