Kochland

Kochland:  The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America, by Christopher Leonard, Simon & Schuster 2019 

Covers as much territory as the Koch brothers themselves, a different breed of capitalists.  How their fortune was made, and how they continue to sustain the returns is a lesson in boldness and subtlety.  Although some reviewers have compared their story to Too Big to Fail, these giants have weathered a range of challenges calling for an even bigger range of expertise.  Readers will certainly not agree with all the author's conclusions, but they will find deep research and unveiled secrets that shed light on big results.  The star of the story, Charles Koch, is not a Steve Jobs or Andrew Carnegie, but rather a business-builder skilled at working the system.  The author took eight years to research and write this story; readers will find, at almost 700 pages, including Notes and a full Index thank you,  new ideas, different approaches to capitalism.  Charles Koch calls his method Market-based Management.  Something big cometh our way.