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William Lazonick joins Ralph Nader Radio Hour to discuss about “License to Loot”

June 5, 2023

On June 3, 2023, William Lazonick was Ralph Nader’s guest for his weekly talk show broadcast on the Pacifica Radio Network to talk about buybacks as “License to Loot.” Click HERE for the podcast to listen to this interview.

Continue reading ➞ William Lazonick joins Ralph Nader Radio Hour to discuss about “License to Loot”
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Tea Petrin, July 9, 1944-April 4, 2023.

April 19, 2023

With profound sadness, I am informing the AIRnet community of the passing on April 4, 2023, of Tea Petrin, a dedicated board member of the Academic-Industry Research Network since its founding in 2010. A professor at the University of Ljubljana…

Continue reading ➞ Tea Petrin, July 9, 1944-April 4, 2023.
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Intel Wants Public Money to Make Rich Shareholders Richer

March 3, 2022March 7, 2022

“[The companies lobbying on this] say they need the subsidies to give them an incentive to invest,” said William Lazonick, professor emeritus of economics at University of Massachusetts, who coauthored the study on semiconductor industry buybacks. “Well, the companies that…

Continue reading ➞ Intel Wants Public Money to Make Rich Shareholders Richer
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Boeing’s Deadly Design | American Greed

January 26, 2022February 13, 2022

William Lazonick interview on “Boeing’s Deadly Design,” an episode of American Greed aired by CNBC on January 26, 2022. [Click HERE to read more]

Continue reading ➞ Boeing’s Deadly Design | American Greed
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Apple becomes the first company to hit $3 trillion market value

January 3, 2022February 13, 2022

…Apple, for instance, has spent billions of dollars buying its own stock while also using low-wage workers to assemble its products, working hard to avoid taxes and tariffs, and continually raising the prices on its devices. “Apple could have gone and…

Continue reading ➞ Apple becomes the first company to hit $3 trillion market value
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With CHIPS Act, US Risks Building a White Elephant

December 7, 2021February 13, 2022

…”Several U.S. tech companies now lobbying for the CHIPS Act have squandered past support from the U.S. government while instead showing more appetite for share buybacks to boost company stock prices. Among the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) corporate signatories of…

Continue reading ➞ With CHIPS Act, US Risks Building a White Elephant
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Stock buybacks are back, baby

November 15, 2021February 13, 2022

…”William Lazonick, president of the Academic-Industry Research Network and a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, said that buybacks were being fueled by public spending to the extent that “profits are being generated by the fact that…

Continue reading ➞ Stock buybacks are back, baby
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What a tax on stock buybacks would and wouldn’t mean for the bull market

October 8, 2021February 13, 2022

…And then there’s Apple, with the biggest share repurchase program of all, and a customer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which has started construction on a $12 billion plant in Arizona. “Apple is spending six times that in one year…

Continue reading ➞ What a tax on stock buybacks would and wouldn’t mean for the bull market
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$500 billion: US corporations increase share buybacks to new record

June 15, 2021February 13, 2022

In 2021, companies will spend more on buying their own shares than ever before. That drives stock prices – but lets the debts rise. [Click HERE to read more]

Continue reading ➞ $500 billion: US corporations increase share buybacks to new record
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How the World Ran Out of Everything

June 1, 2021February 13, 2022

…Still, the shortages raise questions about whether some companies have been too aggressive in harvesting savings by slashing inventory, leaving them unprepared for whatever trouble inevitably emerges. “It’s the investments that they don’t make,” said William Lazonick, an economist at…

Continue reading ➞ How the World Ran Out of Everything

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