Jack Welch - Is He the Man Who Built GE Global?

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I think Jack was reacting to a desire to make sure that he hit earnings every quarter. He may have done it to a fault. But that's what his goal was, like it or not, of every CEO in every company should be to maximize value for shareholders and even creditors. And so, I think he saw that as his mission, as opposed to the man who broke capitalism,. "He's the man who reinforced it and celebrated it, maybe to a fault," says David Frum.

General Electric used to be the most valuable company in the world; now it's practically irrelevant. What happened? Today on the show, we're going to find answers. And to help, we're turning to two writers who have followed the saga closely and written about it brilliantly: Malcolm Gladwell and William Cohan.

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