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Because of legitimate anxieties about a changing world, public opinions across the globe are feeling as if they are losing control of their fate, and, perhaps more disturbingly, of that of their children. Ghez provides an overview of what is driving those fears of social demotion in the current business environment that is undergoing three concurrent crises: one of financial nature, one of efficiency, and one of legitimacy. Nevertheless, humanity has never been as wealthier, as healthier, as educated, and as empowered today. This business environment is therefore tailor-made for individuals who want to make a difference and fix this broken system, the architects of change that Ghez introduces in this chapter.
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Ghez, J. (2019). A Tale of Two Professions. In: Architects of Change. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20684-0_1
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