The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies

A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry and what to do about it

There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and go…

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