GoKawiilHarvard-trained professor Christopher Marquis says business schools should be abolished
Christopher Marquis, who has taught business at Harvard, Cornell and Cambridge, argues in the New York Times and on LinkedIn that MBA programs train students to prioritize dealmaking and financial metrics over workers and communities. He cites research from the U.S. and Denmark showing that when business-school-trained CEOs take over firms, wages fall and labor's income share drops without any corresponding gain in productivity.
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The critique suggests management education may be shaping corporate culture in ways that redistribute wealth from workers to shareholders rather than genuinely improving firm performance, according to Marquis's cited research. His call to 'abolish' business schools, coming from an insider with two decades of teaching experience, could add weight to broader debates about MBA curricula and corporate accountability. Whether this prompts actual reform at institutions remains to be seen.
- Professor Christopher Marquis argues business schools reward dealmaking and financial optimization over worker and community welfare
- Cited research from the U.S. and Denmark links business-school-trained CEOs to falling wages and reduced labor income share without productivity gains
- Marquis calls for abolishing business schools, framing the outcome as the institutions working as designed rather than failing
Source: news.slashdot.org, 2026-10-19
Published there as: “Professor Calls To Abolish Business Schools For Failing Society”
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