The High-Risk Society:: Peril and Promise in the New Economy

by Michael Mandel

Inflation is down, productivity and profits are up--yet Americans are more anxious than ever. A BusinessWeek economist explains the new Age of Uncertainty, in which risks and rewards go hand in hand,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812926374
• ISBN13: 9780812926378
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Crown Business
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Terrific Book -- Insightful and Prophetic

This guy really knows his stuff. The changing nature of business risks is something of value to every manager, regardless of level. I was really impressed with his predictions, especially that of the domestic steel industry collapse based on international markets.The book discusses a variety of themes involving how today's economy requires that companies embrace risk to chase the rewards people want.