Why Jack Welch still matters to modern CEOs

A new book on an old subject crossed my path recently— “The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America―and How…

How Slavery Shaped Modern Finance

When the infamous Zong trial began in 1783, it laid bare the toxic relationship between finance and slavery. It was an unusual and distressing insurance claim – concerning a massacre…