For decades, corporations have focused on the whims of shareholders, which has resulted in a focus on boosting shareholder profits above other uses of corporate resources. This has coincided with workers having less power due to deliberate weakening of private-sector unions. This paper explores how this precarious combination has lined the pockets of the elite at the expense of working people.
Ending Shareholder Primacy in Corporate Governance
Roosevelt Institute Working Paper, Feb. 8, 2019