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100 1 _aMazzucato, Mariana
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245 1 4 _aThe big con :
_bhow the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments, and warps our economies /
_cpor Mariana Mazzucato e Rosie Collington. --
260 _aNova York, EUA :
_bPenguin Press,
_c2023.
300 _a338 p.
505 8 0 _tAcknowledgments
_t1. Introduction: The Big Con--A Confidence Trick
_tIn every room
_tSurfing capitalism's trends
_tUnlearning by not doing
_t2. What Is the Consulting Industry?
_tA taxonomy
_tMeet the consultants
_tThe scale of consulting
_tGetting in the room
_tInterrogating the omnipresence
_t3. Where Consulting Came From: A Brief History
_tWhen consultants counseled
_tFrom engineering to the matrix
_tConsulting by numbers
_tShaping post-war capitalism
_tNeoliberalism's opportunities
_tPrivatization and the growth of consulting giants
_tConsultants without borders
_tLucrative transitions
_tTaming a Goliath?
_t4. The Outsourcing Turn: Government by Consultancy and the Third Way
_tContracts at sacle and scope
_t"Reinventing" government
_tWho contracts the contractors?
_tDigital-era outsourcing
_tConsulting the financial crisis
_tContracting for austerity
_tAuditing the outsourcers
_t5. The Big Confidence Trick: Consultology and Economic Rents
_tWhy bring in the consultants?
_tExtracting rents
_tThe best and brightest
_tTalent drain
_tCase-savvy and PowerPoint-ready
_tQuasi-academia and fast fashions
_tRubber stamping
_t6. Evading the Risks, Reaping the Rewards: The Business Model
_tConsulting risk
_tThe art of limited liability
_tShareholder value in public firms
_tRisk shifts after acquisitions
_t7. Infantilizing Organizations: When Learning Is Undermined Across Government and Business
_tExtortionate costs for likely failures
_tHow do organizations learn?
_tLearning from consultants?
_tBeyond budgets: The consequences for future learning
_tCapture by brochuremanship
_t"Cronyism" and incapacity
_tSkeletonizing business
_tApotheosis: Betting on management, stripping out science
_t8. Colliding Interests: Consultancies and Democracy
_tPrivatizing bankruptcy, avoiding blame
_tBoth sides of the street?
_tPoachers and gamekeepers
_tHidden capital, minimized taxes
_tArresting development
_tBargaining against labor
_tDemocracy dies in the shadow government
_t9. Climate Consulting: An Existential Threat?
_tThe turning point
_tThe dawn of climate consulting
_tA brief history of (market-driven) climate governance
_tManipulating models
_tConflicting interests: Running democracy on fumes
_tResisting accountability: The case of ESG
_tFuture-proofing: Commitment with action
_t10. Conclusion: A Government That Rows So It Can Steer
_tInnovating from within
_tA government that so it can steer
_tBibliography
_tNotes
_tIndex
650 0 _aSetores Público e Privado
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650 0 _aIndústria de Consultoria
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650 0 _aResponsabilidade Corporativa e Política
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700 1 _aCollington, Rosie
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