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Ahistory of how corporate innovation has shaped society fromancient Rome toSilicon Valley

Americans have long been skeptical of corporations andthat skepticism has only grown more intense in recent yearsMeanwhile corporationscontinue to amasswealth and powerat adizzying rate recklesslypursuingprofitwhile leaving society to sort out the costs

InFor Profitlaw professor William Magnusonarguesthat the story of the corporation didnt have to come to thisThroughouthistoryhefindscorporations havebeenpurposebuilttobenefitthe societies thatsurrounded themCorporationsenabled everything fromtheconstruction ofancientRomes roads and aqueducts to theartistic flourishing of the Renaissance tothe rise of the middle class in thetwentiethcenturyByrecapturingthisoriginal spirit ofcivic virtue Magnuson arguescorporations can helpcraftasocietyin whichall of usnot just shareholdersbenefit from theprofits of enterprise