4 Ways to Eradicate the Corporate Disease That is Worsening the Covid-19 Pandemic

March 23, 2020

"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”

May 1, 2014

The HBR McKinsey Awards, judged by an independent panel of...

U.S. companies criticized for cutting jo...

" U.S. companies laying off workers in response to the coronavirus pandemic but still paying dividends and buying back shares are ...
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Share buybacks have been the ‘only net s...

By Nick Beams "Like every great crisis, the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare everything rotten and degenerate in capitalist society ...
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No, we shouldn’t bail out Boeing

By Mandy Smithberger and Ryan Summers March 31th, 2020 "The coronavirus epidemic has already transformed the country, disrupting industries nationwide ...
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Let this stimulus bill be just the first...

By Editors "The members of Congress who fought for a ban on stock buybacks in the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief ...
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via Barron's I by William Lazonick I March 26, 2020

CEOs Gorged on Buybacks for Years. Now T...

"Congress is poised to impose restrictions on stock buybacks as a part of the multi-trillion-dollar recovery package that is being voted on ...
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via INET I by Lynn Parramore I March 25, 2020