Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 February 2021
In this concluding chapter, we note some of the societal problems associated with corporations, such as income inequality, and explore the relationship between those problems and the fact that shareholders have ultimate control of corporate decision-making. We then catalog the ways in which the theoretical underpinnings of this arrangement – shareholder primacy – appear to be in decline and the accompanying law and economics arguments in favor of the exclusive shareholder franchise have fallen apart. The chapter, and the book, conclude with some thoughts about how incorporating employees into firm governance is the best path forward.
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