Saving Private Enterprise

Lecturer: Yvan Allaire
Chair of the Board of Directors
Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations
Adjunct professor at HEC Montréal

Abstract : This session will map the evolution of capitalism over the last 30 years to single out the fundamental causes of its pathological behavior. Specific measures will be proposed to eliminate casino capitalism and give back to markets and private enterprises a socially useful role.

Mandatory reading :

Allaire, Y et M. Firsirotu, 2009, Black Markets and Business Blues, FI Press. Available at the UdeM Library.

Recommended readings:

Krier, D., 2005, Speculative Management: Stock Market Power and Corporate Change, State University of New York Press.

Simon, J. « The Quiet Coup » in Atlantic Magazine, May 2009. (Available online: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine... )