Article: The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea. John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. [pounds sterling]14.99. ix + 214 pages. ISBN 0-297-84726-0. This short history, by two journalists at The Economist, argues that the limited joint-stock company is not only 'the most important organisation in the world' but 'the basis of the prosperity of the West and the best hope for the future of the rest of the world'. Often ignored by historians more concerned with political or social history, the history of the company is nevertheless 'an extraordinary tale'. It is capitalism's greatest strength, its advance guard which defeats everything before it. ...

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