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Shut Down the Business School

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Even as higher education is under attack, one area is thriving: business schools. Shut Down the Business School explains why—and builds a convincing case that they are pernicious and should be closed. Martin Parker writes his polemic from the inside, drawing on his experience as a professor of management, and showing us that business schools are little more than loudspeakers for neoliberal capitalism, designed to produce unreflective managers whose primary focus is on their own personal rewards. If we believe that universities have responsibilities to society, Parker argues, then we must challenge the very foundation of the business school and its emphasis on the market above all else.

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  • Parker, Martin, 2018. "Shut Down the Business School," University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press, edition 1, number 9780745399171, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:ucp:bkecon:9780745399171
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