Titre : | Big is beautiful : debunking the myth of small business | Type de document : | texte imprimé | Auteurs : | Robert D. Atkinson, Auteur ; Michael Lind, Auteur | Editeur : | MIT Press | Année de publication : | 2018 | Importance : | ix, 352 p | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-262-03770-9 | Langues : | Anglais (eng) | Catégories : | Entreprise individuelle Etats-Unis d'Amérique PME
| Mots-clés : | United States Big Business Small Business Employee fringe benefits | Index. décimale : | 338.64 Taille des entreprises (dimension des entreprises, diverses tailles des entreprises privées) | Résumé : | Why small business is not the basis of American prosperity, not the foundation of American democracy, and not the champion of job creation.
In this provocative book, Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind argue that small business is not, as is widely claimed, the basis of American prosperity. Small business is not responsible for most of the country's job creation and innovation. American democracy does not depend on the existence of brave bands of self-employed citizens. Small businesses are not systematically discriminated against by government policy makers. Rather, Atkinson and Lind argue, small businesses are not the font of jobs, because most small businesses fail. The only kind of small firm that contributes to technological innovation is the technological start-up, and its success depends on scaling up. The idea that self-employed citizens are the foundation of democracy is a relic of Jeffersonian dreams of an agrarian society. And governments, motivated by a confused mix of populist and free market ideology, in fact go out of their way to promote small business. Every modern president has sung the praises of small business, and every modern president, according to Atkinson and Lind, has been wrong.
Pointing to the advantages of scale for job creation, productivity, innovation, and virtually all other economic benefits, Atkinson and Lind argue for a “size neutral” policy approach both in the United States and around the world that would encourage growth rather than enshrine an anachronism. If we overthrow the “small is beautiful” ideology, we will be able to recognize large firms as the engines of progress and prosperity that they are. | Note de contenu : | Part I. History and present trends. Belittled : how small became beautiful --
Why business got big : a brief history --
Understanding US firm size and dynamics --
Part II. The advantages of size. The bigger the better : the economics of firm size --
Small business job creation : myth versus reality --
The myth of the genius in the garage : big innovation --
Small business in a big world --
Part III. Politics and policy. A republic, if you can keep it : big business and democracy --
The strange career of antitrust --
Brandeis is back : the fall and rise of the antimonopoly tradition --
Has big business gotten too big? --
Small business cronyism : policies favoring small business --
Living with giants. |
Big is beautiful : debunking the myth of small business [texte imprimé] / Robert D. Atkinson, Auteur ; Michael Lind, Auteur . - [S.l.] : MIT Press, 2018 . - ix, 352 p. ISBN : 978-0-262-03770-9 Langues : Anglais ( eng) Catégories : | Entreprise individuelle Etats-Unis d'Amérique PME
| Mots-clés : | United States Big Business Small Business Employee fringe benefits | Index. décimale : | 338.64 Taille des entreprises (dimension des entreprises, diverses tailles des entreprises privées) | Résumé : | Why small business is not the basis of American prosperity, not the foundation of American democracy, and not the champion of job creation.
In this provocative book, Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind argue that small business is not, as is widely claimed, the basis of American prosperity. Small business is not responsible for most of the country's job creation and innovation. American democracy does not depend on the existence of brave bands of self-employed citizens. Small businesses are not systematically discriminated against by government policy makers. Rather, Atkinson and Lind argue, small businesses are not the font of jobs, because most small businesses fail. The only kind of small firm that contributes to technological innovation is the technological start-up, and its success depends on scaling up. The idea that self-employed citizens are the foundation of democracy is a relic of Jeffersonian dreams of an agrarian society. And governments, motivated by a confused mix of populist and free market ideology, in fact go out of their way to promote small business. Every modern president has sung the praises of small business, and every modern president, according to Atkinson and Lind, has been wrong.
Pointing to the advantages of scale for job creation, productivity, innovation, and virtually all other economic benefits, Atkinson and Lind argue for a “size neutral” policy approach both in the United States and around the world that would encourage growth rather than enshrine an anachronism. If we overthrow the “small is beautiful” ideology, we will be able to recognize large firms as the engines of progress and prosperity that they are. | Note de contenu : | Part I. History and present trends. Belittled : how small became beautiful --
Why business got big : a brief history --
Understanding US firm size and dynamics --
Part II. The advantages of size. The bigger the better : the economics of firm size --
Small business job creation : myth versus reality --
The myth of the genius in the garage : big innovation --
Small business in a big world --
Part III. Politics and policy. A republic, if you can keep it : big business and democracy --
The strange career of antitrust --
Brandeis is back : the fall and rise of the antimonopoly tradition --
Has big business gotten too big? --
Small business cronyism : policies favoring small business --
Living with giants. |
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