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Video Friday: Joseph Stiglitz – The Price of Inequality
James McRitchie, 05/23/2013 ,
From a friend: He came to the SEC a month ago and gave such an awesome talk about his new book, The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future … incredible talk. This guy is serious, Nobel Prize in economics and whatnot. He’s talking about industry entrenchment, the finance industry, manipulation of government, […]
Beyond Growth: Do Corporations Have Any Responsibility to Ensure Growth Helps the Majority?
James McRitchie, 05/08/2013 ,
The following guest post is from Martin Hart-Landsberg, PhD who blogs at Reports from the Economic Front. I’m republishing his post (I added the subtitle to his Beyond Growth) because I believe those concerned with corporate governance need to look at corporations in context. Are corporations helping society or adding to its burdens? Cross-posted at Reports from […]