Maximization of shareholder value: Flawed thinking that threatens our economic future

By David Larrabee

One of the most widely promulgated falsehoods in investing is the notion that those managing publicly held companies are obligated to maximize shareholder value. In recent years, US companies have taken on record amounts of debt to fund share repurchases on a scale only exceeded in 2007, in the name of enhancing shareholder value.”…

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