Five years after the Business Roundtable ‘redefined’ the purpose of the corporation, has anything changed?
Business Roundtable
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Capital Won’t Love You Back, Mr. President
Billionaire chief of staff Jeffrey Zients epitomizes a campaign that has been less than forceful about the rally of capital to Donald Trump’s side.
Posted inTAP
A Rorschach Test for Establishment Liberalism
Today on TAP: The Times reckons with American capitalism
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CEOs: Stakeholders, Shmakeholders
Today on TAP: The Business Roundtable’s broken promise
Posted inWorking in America
Will American Business Still Oppose Paid Sick Leave?
Big business claims to be moving beyond its concern solely for shareholders. This would be a good time to demonstrate that.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The D.C. Media Blob and the Trade Group Speaking Circuit
Anchors, commentators, and contributors at the top broadcast and cable news organizations will be featured—and highly paid—speakers at major industry conferences this spring.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Big CEOs Persuade the SEC to Tame Shareholder Activism
The Business Roundtable’s vow to be kinder corporate actors was a fig leaf for building fortresses around management decision making.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How to Really End Shareholder Capitalism
It’s now increasingly clear that maximizing shareholder value has led to minimizing everything else a corporation could and should do.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Business Roundtable’s Strange Outbreak of Social Conscience
Needed: less public relations blather and more pitchforks