02 September 19
Joseph Stiglitz | Can We Trust CEOs' Shock Conversion to Corporate Benevolence?
Joseph Stiglitz, Guardian UK
Stiglitz writes: "For four decades, the prevailing doctrine in the US has been that corporations should maximize shareholder value – meaning profits and share prices – here and now, come what may, regardless of the consequences to workers, customers, suppliers and communities."
Joseph Stiglitz, Guardian UK
Stiglitz writes: "For four decades, the prevailing doctrine in the US has been that corporations should maximize shareholder value – meaning profits and share prices – here and now, come what may, regardless of the consequences to workers, customers, suppliers and communities."
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The first responsibility of corporations is to pay their taxes, yet among the signatories of the new corporate vision are the country’s leading tax avoiders, including Apple, which, according to all accounts, continues to use tax havens such as Jersey. Others supported the US president Donald Trump’s 2017 tax bill, which slashes taxes for corporations and billionaires, but, when fully implemented, will raise taxes on most middle-class households and lead to millions more losing their health insurance. This in a country with the highest level of inequality, the worst healthcare outcomes and the lowest life expectancy among major developed economies. And while these business leaders championed the claim that the tax cuts would lead to more investment and higher wages, workers have received only a pittance. Most of the money has been used not for investment but for share buybacks, which served merely to line the pockets of shareholders and the CEOs with stock-incentive schemes.
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Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post
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Democracy Now!
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teleSUR
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teleSUR
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