A TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive expose of a firm whose work has made your world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous. McKinsey & Company have earned billions consulting for almost every major corporation in the world - and countless governments, including yours. Shielded by NDAs, their practices have remained hidden - until now.

In this propulsive investigation, prize-winning journalists Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe reveal the disturbing reality. McKinseys work includes ruthless cuts to the NHS, troubleshooting for Big Oil, incentivising the prescription of opioids, executing Trumps immigration policies (the ones that put children in cages) as well as advising some of the worlds most unsavoury despots. A story of secrecy, delusion and untold harm OBSERVERMakes you so angry...the evidence the authors winkle out is astonishing SUNDAY TIMES Panoramic, meticulously reported and ultimately devastating PATRICK RADDEN KEEFEA harrowing account of decades of dishonourable exploits ECONOMIST