35Istanbul:Death versus Life Economy
After recovering from that operation, I traveled extensively. My focus was on talking about the book and responding to questions. I also understood that I needed to delve deeper into what others could tell me. I realized that while in the 1970s EHMs had been executives and consultants at a few multinational corporations and consulting companies, a new breed was taking over. Today’s EHMs included executives and consultants at thousands of multinational corporations, consulting companies, investment funds, industry groups, and associations—as well as an army of lobbyists who represent all of these. They had created what many economists were referring to as a death economy.
During the early years of the second ...
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