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William Lazonick on How The Stock Market Killed Tech

NOV 13, 202453 MIN
Better Offline

William Lazonick on How The Stock Market Killed Tech

NOV 13, 202453 MIN

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Recorded live at Web Summit Lisbon, Ed Zitron is joined by William Lazonick, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, who is also the co-founder and president of the Academic-Industry Research Network, to talk about how the incentives of shareholder capitalism and stock buybacks are destroying innovation. 

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