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Myth or not - mass terminations don't maximize profits anyway. In fact it is impossible to predict what will maximize or reduce profits beyond some trivial scen
by jacobsenscott 4y ago
Myth or not - mass terminations don't maximize profits anyway. In fact it is impossible to predict what will maximize or reduce profits beyond some trivial scenarios. Imagine if you could - every company would be nearly infinitely profitable. So they can do anything under the guise of "maximizing profits" and nobody can challenge it because there is no objective measure for it.
- civilized 4y agoStout's article and follow-up book The Shareholder Value Myth both make much the same argument. She thinks people want to have a simple picture of the "purpose" of a corporation, and lean on this idea of shareholder value maximization as a crutch. In reality, a corporation is just another chaotic political body with different voting rules.