---
id: "entity-michael-mankins"
type: "entity"
entityType: "person"
canonicalName: "Michael Mankins"
aliases: ["Mankins"]
source_timestamps: ["\\\"§ So Long", "Cheap Capital\\\""]
tags: ["consultant", "author"]
related: ["concept-end-of-cheap-capital", "entity-bain-and-company", "entity-matthew-crupi"]
sources: ["reskilling"]
isSpeakerEntity: true
---
## Segment 10 — reskilling

## Article 49 — a049

# Michael Mankins

**Profile.** Researcher/author and leader at [[entity-bain-and-company|Bain & Company]] who writes about the end of the cheap-capital era and the need to reimagine value-based management.

**Role in this source.** Lead voice (with [[entity-matthew-crupi|Matthew Crupi]]) of the 'So Long, Cheap Capital' segment.

**Contributions to this vault.**
- Co-author of [[concept-end-of-cheap-capital]] and [[concept-value-based-management]].
- Source of [[claim-wacc-historical-norms]], [[claim-ai-drives-interest-rates]], and [[claim-growth-over-returns-fails]].
- Author of [[framework-capital-allocation-constrained-world]] and the recommendation [[action-rigorous-capital-allocation]].
- Attributed quotes: [[quote-end-of-inexpensive-capital]], [[quote-prioritize-growth-struggle]]; contrarian [[contrarian-ai-capital-scarcity]].

Related: [[entity-matthew-crupi]] · [[entity-bain-and-company]] · [[concept-end-of-cheap-capital]]