Based on extensive original reporting and interviews with high-level insiders at a host of leading companies, John Gillespie and David Zweig--both Harvard MBAs with thirtyplus years of Fortune 100 experience--reveal the inner workings of this dysfunctional culture and the many methods CEOs and boards use to shut shareholders out, entrench themselves, and fight reforms with shareholders' own money. Money for Nothing is a vital expos of how the game is played and a powerful call for change, laying out the specific reforms that are needed to fix the glaring dysfunctions that are imperiling the health of American business.