4 Ways to Eradicate the Corporate Disease That is Worsening the Covid-19 Pandemic
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"It’s time for business executives, employees, and taxpayers to come...
The Economist Who Put Stock Buybacks in Washington’s Crosshairs
June 20, 2019
In 1984, an economics professor named William Lazonick joined the...
Predatory Value Extraction
May 31, 2019
In this book William Lazonick and Jang-Sup Shin explain how...
How High Drug Prices Inflate C.E.O.s’ Pay
February 26, 2019
Drug company executives faced tough questions from Congress on Tuesday as they...
2014 HBR McKinsey Award, First Place : “Profits Without Prosperity”
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The HBR McKinsey Awards, judged by an independent panel of...
via Common Dreams I by Jake Johnson I May 06, 2020
Outrageous’: Major US companies hand sha...
"Five major U.S. corporations that have laid off thousands of workers in recent weeks have simultaneously dished out hundreds of ...
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via INET I by Lynn Parramore I May 05, 2020
Think Big Pharma Won’t Profiteer in the ...
"In a 2019 Gallup poll, Big Pharma ranked as the most disliked industry in America. Rosie Collington, a graduate student ...
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via The American Conservative I by Jonathan Culbreath I April 23, 2020
How to manage public stake in bailed-out...
"The stimulus bill passed by Congress in response to the COVID-19 economic crisis includes massive bailouts for airlines and other large companies ...
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via FAS I By Gary Shorter I July 16, 2020
Stock buybacks and company executives’ p...
"A stock buyback occurs when a publicly traded firm repurchases some of its shares from investors with excess cash or ...
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via The Guardian I by Morris Pearl & William Lazonick I April 13, 2020
With working Americans’ survival a...
"Amid a humanitarian crisis compounded by mass layoffs and collapsing economic activity, the last course our legislators should be following ...
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via The Walls Street Journal I by Paul Vigna I April 05, 2020
If companies aren’t buying their own sto...
"Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. added $2 billion to its stock buyback program on March 3, a vote of confidence among ...
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Stock buybacks have totaled $5.3 trillion over the past decade — has that contributed to U.S. pandemic failures? https://t.co/9CYLWuCXEA
@INETeconomics: Listen to INET grantee William Lazonick on @wortradio discussing his research, "How the Disappearance of Unionized Jobs Obliterated an Emergent Black Middle Class https://t.co/6P4chntEqK
@efypodcasts: In episode 2, Professor William @Lazonick from the University of Massachusetts explores share buybacks as a potential cause for wage stagnation and inequality in the US. Included in the discussion is some recommended reading. Give it a listen! https://t.co/IsqJ0acvsX https://t.co/T8kFygZVIv
@OSFellows: There Can Be No Equality Without a Dramatic Renewal of Employment Opportunity for All American Workers via @INETeconomics; featuring fellow @Lazonick https://t.co/GHaoC50ob5