At the same time, there is a clear winner — the concept of shareholder primacy. The idea, popularized by Nobel laureate Milton Friedman in 1970, is that corporate executives and boards have a ...

And why would you want to do that? This is shareholder capitalism. The other part of the idea was that you need one firm metric to hold management to account. It’s tough for dispersed ...

He said we've developed a "religion" of shareholder capitalism over the last 35 to 40 years and almost all the gains go to the "tippy top." Blodget made clear it's not terrible for people to be at ...

That needs to change, because the last four years saw an unprecedented and sustained attack on America’s system of shareholder capitalism.

After all, while socialism promises everyone ownership and power, it has never actually delivered; shareholder capitalism is delivering. There’s a hill to climb to before that is fully grasped ...

Shareholder primacy is back ... Eventually, true to the spirit of capitalism, an industry of DEI consultants, marketers and HR professionals sprang up. It went beyond the corporate world: Virtue ...

Hoffman is urging business schools to confront a sobering reality: shareholder capitalism is failing society. In his forthcoming book, Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market ...

This trend could be described as a shift from “shareholder capitalism,” which puts the highest priority on the interests of shareholders, to a more pluralistic form of capitalism. But the ...

and favor monopolistic practices may deliver immediate stock market gains but undermine the social fabric upon which sustainable capitalism depends. To move beyond shareholder primacy, we must ...

The notion of “shareholder democracy” has become a pervasive part of corporate rhetoric and woke media narrative. However, as ...

Eventually, true to the spirit of capitalism, an industry of DEI consultants ... or take risks we all end up paying for. The case for shareholder primacy does not deny any of that.