By S. L. Mintz “In May, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines unveiled its intention to wrap up a $5 billion buyback program. Why, in this age of continual buyback announcements, is this surprising? Stock repurchases routinely garner a lot of investor…
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All buy myself…the thinking behind stock buybacks
By Sabri Ben-Achour “Back in 2007, CEO William McComb’s company suddenly found itself with more than $100 million in cash. The company — known at the time as Liz Claiborne Inc., now called Kate Spade — was selling off unwanted…
Electionomics—The high stakes for American workers in the 2016 elections
By Julie Gutman Dickinson “One of the unfortunate byproducts of the matchup between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is that the presidential race has already become a contest of personalities rather than one of ideas. Both Clinton and Trump are…
What we learn about inequality from Carl Icahn’s $2 billion Apple “no brainer”
By William Lazonick, Matt Hopkins and Ken Jacobson “In August 2013, Carl Icahn, among the most prominent “activist shareholders” in the United States, announced that he had purchased 27,125,441 shares of the publicly traded stock of Apple Inc.* By the…
The BlackRock dilemma: To end short-termism, reform CEO pay
By Susan Holmberg “In April, Gretchen Morgenson boldly called out the hypocrisy of BlackRock pillorying corporate short-termism while the investment giant simultaneously approved more than 96 percent of executive pay packages last fiscal year.”… [Click HERE to read the full article]
Could fiscal policy changes revive US economic growth? Some contributions towards answering that question
By Institute Staff “As analysts across the industrialized world contemplate the political consequences of anemic long-term growth patterns, media and policy conversations are showing renewed interest in the question of whether the fiscal austerity policies shaped by orthodox economics are…
Could fiscal policy changes revive U.S. economic growth?
By Institute Staff “As analysts across the industrialized world contemplate the political consequences of anemic long-term growth patterns, media and policy conversations are showing renewed interest in the question of whether the fiscal austerity policies shaped by orthodox economics are…
Why you don’t (and can’t) have a full-time ScrumMaster
By Jan Beaver “Among the most common impediments facing teams and organizations when they are attempting to adopt Scrum is the lack of a full-time ScrumMaster, Product Owner, Team Members in general, and Team Members with testing expertise in particular.”……
Bad medicine: trade deal myths of research and development
By Michel Butler “In the two previous article on trade deals and health, Bad Medicine Part 1 and Part 2, we looked at the negative impact trade deals will have on our health, how they will increase costs, could preclude pharmacare, and how…
Share buybacks do more harm than good
By Brian Gaynor “Investors love share buybacks. The announcement that a company will purchase its own shares is usually greeted with great enthusiasm and a share price appreciation. However, support for buybacks is far from universal. A number of studies…
