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Confronting Power

April 5, 2012February 17, 2017 |
Capture, CEO Power, Corporate Power, Fiduciary Duty, Government Capture, Money in Politics, Ownership
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The only way I know to combat corporate power as it now stands is for government to exercise its powers as owners of a preponderance of publicly traded stock. Self-regulation didn’t work and any attempts at government regulation are thwarted or circumnavigated. You can’t control a corporation from outside…

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Attacking Proxy Advisors

February 6, 2012February 17, 2017 |
Capture, Institutional Investors, Proxy, SEC, Sharehold Activism
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Since the passage of Dodd-Frank, in the summer of 2010, there has been a constant drumbeat from representatives of the corporate community, particularly the Business Roundtable and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, regarding the need for an increased level of regulatory oversight focused on proxy advisory firms.

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