A lot of what the author complains about has been around for years. Short term gains at the expense of long term growth? Yup. Executives manipulating somethi

A lot of what the author complains about has been around for years. Short term gains at the expense of long term growth? Yup. Executives manipulating something to make their company look good? Yup. Read "The Intelligent Investor" or "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits", which give examples of things companies did 50 and 30 years ago.