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An explosive expos of the worlds most prestigious and successful management consultancy

Panoramic meticulously reported and ultimately devastating Patrick Radden Keefe author of Empire of Pain

Every page made my blood boil Joseph E Stiglitz Nobel laureate author of The Price of Inequality

McKinsey earns billions advising almost every major corporation as well as countless governments including Britains the USAs and Chinas It boasts of its ability to maximise efficiency while making the world a better place Its millionaire partners and network of alumni go on to top jobs in the worlds most powerful organisations And yet shielded by nondisclosure agreements its work remains largely secret until now

In this propulsive investigation two prizewinning journalists reveal the reality McKinseys work includes incentivising the prescription of opioids ruthless costcutting in the NHS executing Trumps immigration policies the ones that put children in cages Meanwhile its vast profits derive from a client roster that has included the coal tobacco and vaping industries as well as some of the worlds most unsavoury despots And for the last six decades McKinsey has been the brains behind many of the most loathed and controversial business practices mass layoffs outsourcing overseas soaring executive pay as well as the key innovations that led to the financial crash

McKinsey proudly insists it is a valuesled organisation When McKinsey Comes to Town is a parable of values betrayed a devastating portrait of a firm whose work has often made the world more unequal more corrupt and more dangerous

Walt Bogdanich amp Michael Forsythe 2022 P Penguin Audio 2022