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When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America’s Obsession with Economic Efficiency Oct, 2020 Video Economics, Trade and Policy Read time: Roger Martin looks at how our obsession with efficiency has shifted the shape of the economy from a large middle class to one in which the lion’s share of wealth are accrued by the already-rich. Roger Martin is the former dean and a professor emeritus at the Rotman School. He served as the institute director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and the Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship and the premier’s chair in productivity and competitiveness. Keywords: business history economics efficiency equality public policy regulation wealth creation

When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America’s Obsession with Economic Efficiency

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Roger Martin looks at how our obsession with efficiency has shifted the shape of the economy from a large middle class to one in which the lion’s share of wealth are accrued by the already-rich.

Roger L. Martin

Roger Martin is the former dean and a professor emeritus at the Rotman School. He served as the institute director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and the Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship and the premier’s chair in productivity and competitiveness.

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When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America’s Obsession with Economic Efficiency

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