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452. Jeff Immelt Knows He Let You Down

Freakonomics Radio

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How to Survive Near Death Experiences

Stephanie Coontz is the author of a new book about her time at Goldman Sachs. She says she learned how to be a good operator, invest in growth and drive productivity. But there were creative ways to reach your earnings targets, including some aggressive accounting that was going on across a lot of divisions at g e for many years. So i'm not expecting you to point any fingers, but looking back, wasn't that a counterproductive institutional practice?

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