With the midterms close, Sarah and Beth step back to ask how a profit-first mindset came to shape so much of public life and what might replace it. Inspired by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/opinion/business-school-mba-harvard-cornell-cambridge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J1E.HIB2.Lf0z5K6AyjRB&amp;smid=url-share">Chris Marquis's New York Times guest essay on closing business schools</a>, they discuss: 
<ul>
 <li>the pervasive influence of MBA thinking on leadership and society </li>
 <li>the need for philosophy, art, and new vocabularies about values and priorities </li>
 <li>rethinking measurement and growth </li>
 <li>Outside of politics (not really!): The Social Reckoning </li>
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With the midterms close, Sarah and Beth step back to ask how a profit-first mindset came to shape so much of public life and what might replace it. Inspired by Chris Marquis's New York Times guest essay on closing business schools, they discuss: 


  the pervasive influence of MBA thinking on leadership and society 

  the need for philosophy, art, and new vocabularies about values and priorities 

  rethinking measurement and growth 

  Outside of politics (not really!): The Social Reckoning 


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It Doesn't Have to Be Like This

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