The Cost of Talent - How Executives and Professionals Are Paid and How it Affects America

Bok, Derek

ISBN 10: 0029037557 / ISBN 13: 9780029037553

Published by The Free Press, New York, 1993

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 342 pages; Includes bibliographical references and index. 1 Kg.

Seller Inventory # 40668

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cost of Talent - How Executives and Professionals Are Paid and How it Affects America
• Publisher: The Free Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0029037557
• ISBN 13: 9780029037553
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

Examining the ways in which people are compensated for talent and education in America, the author argues that the salaries of top executives, lawyers, and doctors cannot be justified

About the Author

Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University and dean of the Harvard Law School, is the 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard. His books include Universities and the Future of America, Higher Learning, Beyond the Ivory Tower, with John Dunlop, Labor and the American Community, and with Archibald Cox (ed.), Cases and Materials on Labor Law.