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by dade_ 5323 days ago
Financial metrics are great to measure the health of a company, but I don't think anyone ever intended companies to be run by financial metrics. This isn't just happening in business though, these ideas were also brought into the public sector, police forces and military. Each are an ongoing disaster. John Raulston Saul has written many great books on the subject including Voltaire's Bastards, and The Unconscious Civilization.