The Problems with Economic Efficiency

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 11:30 p.m.

For much of the 20th century, the dynamism and productivity of American capitalism was the envy of the world. It yielded a buoyant middle class and opportunities for every strata of society to do better than their parents had done. That seems no longer to be the case. Roger Martin is a leading global thinker in business management, and his new book, "When More is Not Better: Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency," offers an idea of why that is. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.