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

Mariana Mazzucato

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 government are managed today that must change. Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our...

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The hosts noted that the movie was apparently based on the 1940 bookTheBigCon, referencing it as the source material for the film.

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And then it was based apparently maybe on this book in 1940, The Big Con.

— Episode: ‘The Sting’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Rya...

Episode: ‘The Sting’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sea...

The hosts noted that the movie was apparently based on the 1940 bookTheBigCon, referencing it as the source material for the film.

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And then it was based apparently maybe on this book in 1940, The Big Con.

It was based on the Big Con.

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

The podcast episode was based on an article in Texas Monthly from September 1983, which discussed Eugene Anderson and his Chemical Reactor Block.

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EPISODE SOURCE: Texas Monthly Sept. 1983 - The Big Con by Bryon Harris

— Episode: 264 - Selling the Chemical Reactor Block...

Episode: 264 - Selling the Chemical Reactor Block (live)

The podcast episode was based on an article in Texas Monthly from September 1983, which discussed Eugene Anderson and his Chemical Reactor Block.

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EPISODE SOURCE: Texas Monthly Sept. 1983 - The Big Con by Bryon Harris

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