Text
The story of American business : from the page of the New York Times
A serious financial crisis has become a broader and equally serious economic crisis as equity indexes have plunged, banking systems have teetered, and business activity has slowed dramatically. In many countries, home foreclosures and unemployment have risen quickly while individual pension funds and retirement accounts have shrunk. In virtually every part of the globe, fear has mounted as individuals, families, and organizational actors have tried to make sense of what is happening: of what we have lost, of what is to come, and of what we must do to weather these storms.
At moments such as these, I am grateful for-heartened by-the perspective that history provides: a sense of what has come before and how this is relevant to our own moment, a deeper understanding of where we came from and of how others in the past-leaders, workers, consumers, companies, and other actors-traveled the roads that have led to where we walk today.
For we are not the first journeyers to know great uncertainty and stormy weath
Tidak tersedia versi lain