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Peter Georgescu went from a Soviet-style labor camp in Romania, to first-class education at Exeter, Princeton, and Stanford, and continued on to Young & Rubicam where he rose through the ranks to become Chairman and CEO. Peter is an author and speaker, devoted to income equality and opportunity for all Americans. His remarkable experiences of hardship and oppression, combined with his business career, give him a unique perspective on the challenges facing our society.

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A C.E.O Who's Scared for America

Capitalism, he says is slowly committing suicide.

By David Leonhardt

Opinion Columnist

For the past four decades, capitalism has been slowly committing suicide. It's going on in plain view, though few recognize what's happening, because to most observers of the stock market, nothing looks amiss. Despite the extraordinary rise in income and wealth for the top income quartile in America, the median household income today is less than one percent higher than it was in 1989. And since the 2008 financial crisis, 91 percent of income growth has gone to the top one percent. Flat wages have taken a serious bite out of far too many people’s standard of living.

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Income Inequality

Wages have stayed flat, or have declined, since mid-1970

For the past four decades, capitalism has been slowly committing suicide. It's going on in plain view, though few recognize what's happening, because to most observers of the stock market, nothing looks amiss.

Despite the extraordinary rise in income and wealth for the top income quartile in America, the median household income today is less than one percent higher than it was in 1989. And since the 2008 financial crisis, 91 percent of income growth has gone to the top one percent. Flat wages have taken a serious bite out of far too many people’s standard of living.

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Now Available: Capitalists, Arise!

From his popular article in The New York Times comes this new book, where Peter vividly depicts the damage income inequality is doing and examines the trends and developments that have led to our current crisis. He examines the need to look beyond a single-minded focus on maximizing the short-term profits for shareholders demand and serve the interests of all their stakeholders—employees, customers, society, and the environment. This book offers solutions, which are deep, rich, and compelling.

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America’s Real Economy: It isn’t Booming

In Forbes

Ostensibly, for the past ten years, our economy has been recovering from the 2008 collapse. During the past few years, our comeback seems to have gained momentum. All the official indicators say we’re back in boom times, with a bull market, low unemployment and steady job growth.

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People-First: A Place To Flourish

In Forbes

Cathy Engelbert isn’t a hospital administrator. She isn’t a physician. She doesn’t work in healthcare at all. So what was she doing on the program at a major conference about health? As CEO of Deloitte US, one of the Big Four accounting firms, she’s probably the most powerful woman in the accounting and professional services…Read More

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Ken’s Krew: One Of Home Depot’s Secrets For Success

In Forbes

Every business that succeeds over time will have developed an ongoing effort to help people flourish. It may seem odd to think of it that way, but that’s what all the numbers add up to. If you aren’t making human beings happier every time they come to your business, you aren’t going to survive. If…Read More

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Boeing and Business Governance

In Forbes

Full disclosure: I am not an engineer and didn’t go to Cal Tech. Nor do I have access to the flight recorders from two recent air disasters. But enough evidence is available to the average layman to suggest that negligent corporate governance at Boeing helped lead to tragedy. My point here is not to slam…Read More

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