Book Club 10:30am

November 16, at 10:30am in the Regatta Room to discuss the novel, Capitalists, Arise!: End Economic Inequality, Grow the Middle Class, Heal the Nation by Peter Georgescu.

Peter Georgescu arrived in this country as a penniless Romanian refugee and rose to become the CEO of Young & Rubicam. And he has a message for his fellow CEOs: we're the ones who must take the lead in fixing the economy.

Today, America has greater wealth inequality and lower social mobility than just about any other country in the developed world. As Georgescu demonstrates, this is because free-market capitalism has been hijacked by shareholder primacy. Where once our business leaders looked to the needs and interests of a variety of stakeholders—employees, community members, the business itself—now they're focused on maximizing their shareholders' quarterly returns.

In Capitalists, Arise!, Georgescu offers concrete, pro-capitalist actions we can take to create a better future—one in which shareholders would do even better! In the long run, businesses can thrive only when society is healthy and strong. This book is a manifesto calling on capitalists to heal the nation that has given them so much.