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It's funny because you conveniently left out the fact that the single paper you quote finds no correlation. The point here, as stated before, is not uncritical

by dnomad 8y ago

It's funny because you conveniently left out the fact that the single paper you quote finds no correlation. The point here, as stated before, is not uncritically accept nonsense about board size because it validates your ideology and to look at actual research and evidence on the topic. At some point if you want to be taken seriously (at least outside of the US) you need to do more than appeal to your ideology du jour.

icebraining 8y ago
"conveniently"? You claim there is a positive correlation. A study finding no correlation goes against your position. The point here, as stated before, is not uncritically accept nonsense about board size because it validates your ideology and to look at actual research and evidence on the topic. Physician, heal thyself.
- Karrot_Kream 8y ago
  Right but your reply is equally disingenuous, adding a text snippet that is for your position but against the overall conclusion of the paper. The paper is also based on data from Turkish firms.
  - dnomad 8y ago
    The whole thread is disingenuous, yes. The entire premise is that corporate governance is based off a dumb quote that's backed by zero evidence. The downvotes above just confirm how quickly these debates become ideological echo chambers. In America this just means people spouting neoliberal truisms like "unions will just raise wages!!1" which of course is nonsense as can be seen by the actual behavior of unions in Germany, Sweden and the auto-unions in the US. The point here is that there's no economic reason why workers in the US have such little power and are, except for the very top 1%, treated far worse than any other workers in the developed world. It is an ideological trap that has captured not just the US 1% but actually the US 99% too. This is not going to change any time soon. Given the relentless war on unions and the intense pro-corporate bias that exist at all levels of the American power structures, the obvious expectation is that US worker wages will continue to stagnate and ultimately fall in accordance with their actual economic negotiating power.
  - icebraining 8y ago
    I don't have a position, I'm agnostic on the issue.

by dnomad 8y ago

icebraining 8y ago

"conveniently"? You claim there is a positive correlation. A study finding no correlation goes against your position. The point here, as stated before, is not uncritically accept nonsense about board size because it validates your ideology and to look at actual research and evidence on the topic. Physician, heal thyself.

Karrot_Kream 8y ago
Right but your reply is equally disingenuous, adding a text snippet that is for your position but against the overall conclusion of the paper. The paper is also based on data from Turkish firms.
- dnomad 8y ago
  The whole thread is disingenuous, yes. The entire premise is that corporate governance is based off a dumb quote that's backed by zero evidence. The downvotes above just confirm how quickly these debates become ideological echo chambers. In America this just means people spouting neoliberal truisms like "unions will just raise wages!!1" which of course is nonsense as can be seen by the actual behavior of unions in Germany, Sweden and the auto-unions in the US. The point here is that there's no economic reason why workers in the US have such little power and are, except for the very top 1%, treated far worse than any other workers in the developed world. It is an ideological trap that has captured not just the US 1% but actually the US 99% too. This is not going to change any time soon. Given the relentless war on unions and the intense pro-corporate bias that exist at all levels of the American power structures, the obvious expectation is that US worker wages will continue to stagnate and ultimately fall in accordance with their actual economic negotiating power.
- icebraining 8y ago
  I don't have a position, I'm agnostic on the issue.