Somewhat related: The book <i>When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm</i> (by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe) exposes the short-sighted, amoral, and insidious way the firm often operates and advises. There are many instances recounted (advising oil companies, tobacco, Saudi Arabia, the Sackler family on how to sell more OxyContin, etc.).<p>What made me most angry, though, is how they turned an insurer (AllState, if memory serves right) from a sleepy mom-and-pop shop that collected premia and paid most of them out again when a covered loss occurred into a profit-maximising entity whose bosses were "incentivised" with stock options and implemented McK's glorious plan to boost profits by making it incredibly hard for victims to get their rightful payments. Absolutely despicable.