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ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The system of formal and informal rules by which a company is governed. Corporate governance shapes more than just a given’s company value – it dictates who controls the capital in the economy and so how this capital is being put the use. Corporate governance therefore affects and is affected by the degree of cronyism and rent-seeking in society.

ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The Heirs of John D. Rockefeller Divest from Fossil Fuels, Slam Exxon Mobil as “Morally Reprehensible”

ProMarket writers
The Rockefeller Family Fund announced on Wednesday that it will be divesting entirely from fossil fuels, due to the industry’s stance on climate change.   The...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Stigler Center Talk: Robert Bilott on How to Protect Our Drinking Water

ProMarket writers
The lawyer who has been dubbed "DuPont's Worst Nightmare" will discuss the legal, regulatory, political, and scientific challenges of addressing unregulated chemical contaminants in drinking...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

“The United States Has Lost the Will and Ability to Prosecute Top Corporate Executives”

Asher Schechter
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jesse Eisinger speaks about executive impunity and the key to justice in America.   In January, Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a scathing indictment...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Can a CEO in Good Conscience Not Be a Crony Capitalist?

Luigi Zingales
The above question — posed by Brucest1, a reader of this blog — is extremely important and deserves a fully articulated answer. Brucest1 seems to conclude that a...
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