The Profiteers
How Business Privatizes Profits and Socializes Costs

Quotes

“Powerful, passionate, and persuasive. Christopher Marquis argues that business is both a principal cause of our current troubles and perhaps the most important cure. Drawing on fresh examples, he demonstrates both how business has profited from destroying the natural world and the structure of our societies, and how business leaders—working in concert with investors and other key stakeholders—can be powerful agents of change.”
 —Rebecca Henderson, McArthur University Professor, Harvard University

“A profound call to action for businesses to take responsibility for their environmental and social footprints. The Profiteers shows us that a better business model isn’t just possible, it’s imperative.”
 —Paul Hawken, cofounder, Smith & Hawken, and author of Regeneration

 “Timely and full of sharp insight on the devastating impacts of business as we’ve known it—a critical read for anyone who wants to understand how the deep design of business itself can and must be transformed.”
 —Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics

“Marquis has delivered a brilliant critique of today’s dangerous corporate practice that dumps social and environmental costs onto society in search for ever greater profits. TheProfiteers is a wake-up call to businesses everywhere to reevaluate these shameful practices.”
 —Jeffrey Hollender, cofounder, Seventh Generation

“At a time of great division, The Profiteers underscores that there is no partisan divide on the idea that business should make money the right way, by treating their workers, communities, consumers, and the environment with respect, and that it’s unfair and wealth-destroying when companies profit at the expense of others. The Profiteers identifies practical ways all of us—as individuals and as a society—can forge a more sustainable and responsible capitalism.”
 —Leo E. Strine Jr., former chief justice and chancellor of Delaware