An explosive exposé of the world's most prestigious and successful management consultancy ____
'Panoramic meticulously reported and ultimately devastating' Patrick Radden Keefe author of
Empire of Pain 'Every page made my blood boil' Joseph E. Stiglitz Nobel laureate author of
The Price of Inequality ____ McKinsey earns billions advising almost every major corporation as
well as countless governments including Britain's the USA's and China's. It boasts of its
ability to maximise efficiency while making the world a better place. Its millionaire partners
and network of alumni go on to top jobs in the world's most powerful organisations. And yet
shielded by non-disclosure agreements its work remains largely secret - until now. In this
propulsive investigation two prize-winning journalists reveal the reality. McKinsey's work
includes incentivising the prescription of opioids ruthless cost-cutting in the NHS executing
Trump's immigration policies (the ones that put children in cages). Meanwhile its vast profits
derive from a client roster that has included the coal tobacco and vaping industries as well
as some of the world's most unsavoury despots. And for the last six decades McKinsey has been
the brains behind many of the most loathed and controversial business practices: mass lay-offs
outsourcing overseas soaring executive pay as well as the key innovations that led to the
financial crash. McKinsey proudly insists it is a values-led organisation. When McKinsey Comes
to Town is a parable of values betrayed: a devastating portrait of a firm whose work has often
made the world more unequal more corrupt and more dangerous.
