“The Value of Everything: Making & Taking in the Global Economy”

February 1, 2021
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By Mariana Mazzucato In taking a deeper look at law firm compensation models this month, we have been thinking about how firms define “value,” and how that definition drives their business strategy. Economist Mariana Mazzucato explores who really creates wealth in our world, and how we define value — yes, there is more than one way — in her book, “The Value of Everything: Making & Taking in the Global Economy.” Mazzucato claims that in our current stage of...

Eunice Carter: The Pioneering Black Prosecutor Who Brought Down Gangster “Lucky” Luciano

February 1, 2021
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When social worker-turned-prosecutor Eunice Carter was handling prostitution cases in Harlem’s Women’s Court in 1935, she noticed something familiar about the accused women’s representation. They were the same lawyers and bail bondsmen whose names came up time and again in Mob cases. What’s more, the women all seemed to have been coached to offer the same explanations and defenses for their cases. Carter alerted crusading special prosecutor (and future governor...