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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
We Need a New Media System — Matt Taibbi
If you sell culture war all day, don’t be surprised by the real-world consequences.
It's the business model, which in the means, it's capitalism. Firms are in business to "maximize shareholder value."
Firms are in business to "maximize shareholder value." Tom Hickey
No. Firms are owned by their shareholders; therefore their business is to do the will of the shareholders, which may or may not be to "maximize shareholder value."
And it's government privileges for private credit creation that minimize the need to broadly share equity. Otherwise, the will of the shareholders would much more reflect the will of the general population.
Firms are in business to "maximize shareholder value." Tom Hickey
ReplyDeleteNo. Firms are owned by their shareholders; therefore their business is to do the will of the shareholders, which may or may not be to "maximize shareholder value."
And it's government privileges for private credit creation that minimize the need to broadly share equity. Otherwise, the will of the shareholders would much more reflect the will of the general population.