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Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses by David S. Landes
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October 21, 2023
I don't know why this wasn't listed as another edition rather than a separate work but I can't be bothered to complain as it was such a poor book. Anyway I reproduce my review for the printed version:
I was very disappointed in this book - it was just trite and mediocre - I thought it would have something new or interesting to say about family run as against corporate businesses - but honestly there was nothing - you might as well read a good well written history of the robber barons and the gilded age and wallow in the fun of such gross extravagance and people you can piously condemn - this book is neither fish nor fowl - just a waste of time.
I was very disappointed in this book - it was just trite and mediocre - I thought it would have something new or interesting to say about family run as against corporate businesses - but honestly there was nothing - you might as well read a good well written history of the robber barons and the gilded age and wallow in the fun of such gross extravagance and people you can piously condemn - this book is neither fish nor fowl - just a waste of time.
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