> NB that "returning money to the shareholders" is ultimately what companies are for […] That is one theory of corporate governance: * https://en.wikipedia.or

> NB that "returning money to the shareholders" is ultimately what companies are for […] That is one theory of corporate governance: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareholder_value https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareholder_value * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine There are others: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stakeholder_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stakeholder_theory * https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2012/06/26/the-shareholder-value-myth/ https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2012/06/26/the-shareholder-v... * https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-shareholders-vs-stakeholders-debate/ https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-shareholders-vs-stak...