Culture | The descent of man
Nicholas Lemann traces the history of American corporations
Ingenious and colourful, “Transaction Man” dodges some hard questions
Transaction Man. By Nicholas Lemann. Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 320 pages; $28.
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