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The Price of Profits

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The Price of Profits

How shareholders jumped to first in line for profits

by Scott Tong
Apr 25, 2022
A business theory helped put profits for shareholders ahead of other corporate interests.
Milton Friedman, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century.
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A focus on shareholder value for long-term shareholders

by Scott Tong
Aug 17, 2016
J.M. Smucker rewards long-term shareholders with greater voting rights
Companies like jam-maker J.M. Smucker have used a tenure stock-voting structure to reward long-term investors for holding on to their stock.
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Stock buybacks break records, prop up markets

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jul 13, 2016
Fat with cash, companies are driving up their share prices.
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, July 12, 2016 in New York City. 
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What is your definition of a good job?

by Hayley Hershman
Jun 17, 2016
We have some answers from Nashville.
How do you define a good job? "Someplace that allows you room for growth," was one answer.
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Senator Mark Warner says it's time for 'capitalism 2.0'

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 17, 2016
He says way work is structured today isn't working for most Americans.
He believes the way workers are classified and the nature of the relationships between employers and employees needs to change.
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Why careers are gone, and jobs are going next

by Sarah Gardner
Jun 17, 2016
Job security erodes as companies get more work done with fewer "direct hires"
Car makers, both U.S. and foreign, rely partly on temporary workers in their U.S. assembly plants. Brian Gammey, Korisa Warlick and Steven Ferguson were hired as contract labor at the Nissan assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. They now work union jobs at a GM plant.
Hayley Hershman
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Where have all the public corporations gone?

by David Brancaccio
Jun 17, 2016
And did they take all the jobs with them?
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The Price of Profits

The temp industry is at an all-time high

by Sarah Gardner
Jun 17, 2016
From medicine to hotel housekeepers, large staffing agencies supply temporary and contract workers.
courtesy Flexographic Trade Services
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You and me? We want to maximize shareholder value, too

by Scott Tong
Jun 16, 2016
A lot of the money behind activist investors comes from pension funds and mutual funds.
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Former CEO weighs in on shareholder value

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 16, 2016
Bill George says a company should be driven by a mission, not a stock price.
Bill George, former CEO of Medtronic. 
Credit: University of Pennsylvania, Wharton
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