Hedrick Smith è un illustre giornalista le cui opere approfondiscono profondi problemi sociali e politici. Ex reporter e redattore per The New York Times e produttore/corrispondente per PBS Frontline, porta una prospettiva acuta sul funzionamento delle strutture di potere. La sua scrittura si concentra sullo svelare le forze nascoste che plasmano la società americana e sull'illuminare questioni critiche attraverso una ricerca rigorosa e una narrazione avvincente. Il lavoro di Smith sfida i lettori a considerare argomenti complessi, offrendo chiarezza su fenomeni intricati.
Recounts how the American dream has been dismantled over the past forty years by legislative, electoral, and corporate decisions that have compromised the middle class and minimized individual economic and political power.
Measuring this country against its major competitors, Smith shows how global competition has radically altered the way people work, what schools need to teach, and the nature of power and people's relationships on the job. With one insightful story after another, he reveals what goes on inside grade school and high school classrooms and inside big corporations and small companies in the three main capitalist economies; how that affects our future; and why today's greatest need is a new mind-set. In revealing portraits, Smith contrasts how American CEOs think at giants such as GM, Boeing, Motorola, compared to CEOs at Germany's Daimler-Benz and Deutsche Bank or at Japan's Toyota or Mitsubishi. He discloses how differently decisions are made and power is wielded in the corporate boardrooms of America, Germany, and Japan. He shows us what workers think and do in these rival economies and how the lives of workers at companies such as Ford and Motorola were transformed once management began rethinking its approach. Education is where the race begins. Smith contrasts what American grade school teachers emphasize, compared with the skills and values taught elsewhere. He shows how businessmen in Germany and Japan cooperate with educators in creating programs to prepare "mid-kids"--Average high school students--for solid careers and how innovative American communities are developing similar strategies
The bestselling author of The Russians and The Power Game takes the reader inside Russia today--a country in the throes of dramatic change. Based on hundreds of interviews in the Soviet Union, this illuminating expose offers a fascinating look at the explosive changes taking place in that dominant country.
Prof. Dr. Dieter Kronzucker, geb. 1936, gehört zu den großen Persönlichkeiten des deutschen Fernsehjournalismus und ist als Korrespondent und Moderator seit Jahrzehnten auf dem Bildschirm präsent (u. a. WDR, ZDF, Sat.1).
An inside portrait revealing how the American game of governing is played in the 1980s. There is a new breed of winner with new political styles and sets of rules. Different talents and techniques are required if the American system of government is going to work effectively.
