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DESPITE RELEASING A STATEMENT in August about the need of corporations to redefine their purposes from only delivering value to shareholders to taking into account all stakeholders, members of the Business Roundtable who signed the pledge who were contacted by Bloomberg News said that they were already operating in the new way, so they did not really see a need to change how they do business. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/CHRIS RATCLIFFE

The new capitalism is looking a lot like the old capitalism

People 09/20/2019

NEW YORK – The Business Roundtable caused a stir last month by declaring the purpose of a corporation isn’t merely to generate returns for shareholders...

Making capitalism work better for workers

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For years, economists have puzzled over a question crucial to the well-being of American workers: Why does the law of supply and demand no...

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