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Meet Jack Welch, celebrated wrecker of real jobs and leading light of Wall Street wankers. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation.
For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis (bit.ly/RSIC-Journal) from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD.
Sources/Links/Notes:
• David Gelles, The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of America—and How to Undo His Legacy (simonandschuster.com/books/The-Man-Who-Broke-Capitalism/David-Gelles/9781982176440) (2022).
• David Gelles, "How Jack Welch’s Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk’s Twitter Feed (nytimes.com/2022/05/21/business/jack-welch-ge-ceo-behavior.html) ," New York Times (2022).
• Malcolm Gladwell, "Was Jack Welch the Greatest C.E.O. of His Day--Or the Worst? (newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/07/was-jack-welch-the-greatest-ceo-of-his-day-or-the-worst) ," The New Yorker (2022).
• Geoff Colvin, "The Ultimate Manager (archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269126/index.htm) ," Fortune (1999).
• Matthew J. Belvedere, "Jack Welch says Obama’s ‘wacky’ climate-change agenda hurts the US economy (cnbc.com/2016/06/02/jack-welch-says-obamas-wacky-climate-change-agenda-hurts-the-us-economy.html) ," CNBC (2016).
• "Jack Welch Fast Facts (cnn.com/2012/12/27/us/jack-welch---fast-facts/) ," CNN (2020).
• Scott Tong, "This is how shareholders got to be first in line for profits (businessinsider.com/the-story-of-shareholder-value-2016-6?op=1) ," Business Insider (2016).
• James B. Stewart, "Did the Jack Welch Model Sow Seeds of G.E.’s Decline? (nytimes.com/2017/06/15/business/ge-jack-welch-immelt.html) ," New York Times (2017).
• Jack & Suzy Welch Winning (archive.org/details/winning0000welc_x9a7) (2005).
• Geoff Gloeckler, "Jack Welch Launches Online MBA (https://archive.ph/20130118170711/http:/www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jun2009/bs20090622_962094.htm) ," Bloomberg Businessweek (2009).
• Della Bradshaw, "Jack Welch on the executive MBA he created in his own image (ft.com/content/75e08160-4d6c-11e4-bf60-00144feab7de#axzz3xtbNzsCv) ," Financial Times (2014).
• Jack Welch Management Institute (https://jackwelch.strayer.edu/) .
• Oxfam "Top 1% grab twice as much new wealth as everyone else combined (resilience.org/stories/2023-01-20/top-1-grab-twice-as-much-new-wealth-as-everyone-else-combined/) ".
• Economic Policy Institute “CEO pay has skyrocketed (epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2021/#:~:text=Using%20the%20realized%20compensation%20measure,a%20typical%20worker's%20annual%20compensation) ".
Support the show (postcarbon.org/supportcrazytown/)
Send us a text (buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/244372/open_sms)
Meet Jack Welch, celebrated wrecker of real jobs and leading light of Wall Street wankers. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation.
For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis (bit.ly/RSIC-Journal) from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD.
Sources/Links/Notes:
• David Gelles, The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of America—and How to Undo His Legacy (simonandschuster.com/books/The-Man-Who-Broke-Capitalism/David-Gelles/9781982176440) (2022).
• David Gelles, "How Jack Welch’s Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk’s Twitter Feed (nytimes.com/2022/05/21/business/jack-welch-ge-ceo-behavior.html) ," New York Times (2022).
• Malcolm Gladwell, "Was Jack Welch the Greatest C.E.O. of His Day--Or the Worst? (newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/07/was-jack-welch-the-greatest-ceo-of-his-day-or-the-worst) ," The New Yorker (2022).
• Geoff Colvin, "The Ultimate Manager (archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269126/index.htm) ," Fortune (1999).
• Matthew J. Belvedere, "Jack Welch says Obama’s ‘wacky’ climate-change agenda hurts the US economy (cnbc.com/2016/06/02/jack-welch-says-obamas-wacky-climate-change-agenda-hurts-the-us-economy.html) ," CNBC (2016).
• "Jack Welch Fast Facts (cnn.com/2012/12/27/us/jack-welch---fast-facts/) ," CNN (2020).
• Scott Tong, "This is how shareholders got to be first in line for profits (businessinsider.com/the-story-of-shareholder-value-2016-6?op=1) ," Business Insider (2016).
• James B. Stewart, "Did the Jack Welch Model Sow Seeds of G.E.’s Decline? (nytimes.com/2017/06/15/business/ge-jack-welch-immelt.html) ," New York Times (2017).
• Jack & Suzy Welch Winning (archive.org/details/winning0000welc_x9a7) (2005).
• Geoff Gloeckler, "Jack Welch Launches Online MBA (https://archive.ph/20130118170711/http:/www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jun2009/bs20090622_962094.htm) ," Bloomberg Businessweek (2009).
• Della Bradshaw, "Jack Welch on the executive MBA he created in his own image (ft.com/content/75e08160-4d6c-11e4-bf60-00144feab7de#axzz3xtbNzsCv) ," Financial Times (2014).
• Jack Welch Management Institute (https://jackwelch.strayer.edu/) .
• Oxfam "Top 1% grab twice as much new wealth as everyone else combined (resilience.org/stories/2023-01-20/top-1-grab-twice-as-much-new-wealth-as-everyone-else-combined/) ".
• Economic Policy Institute “CEO pay has skyrocketed (epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2021/#:~:text=Using%20the%20realized%20compensation%20measure,a%20typical%20worker's%20annual%20compensation) ".
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