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“Decreasing taxes incentivizes one to work harder because you get to keep more of your money.” I think this theory or something similar to that was what I learned in college and when I heard that, I couldn’t believe it. I never really bought into the theory that reducing taxes will make one work harder….
Earlier this week I read something that is fairly indicative of the callous times we live in: a bunch of wealthy donors (bankers and hedge fund managers?) told the Democrats that if Elizabeth Warren becomes the nominee for presidency, they were going to support Trump. So, they would rather have treason than have a 2%…
Right now, I’m reading Imagine It Forward by Beth Comstock, little by little, along with two other books. About two posts ago, I did a short post about what I learned from her regarding her short time with Jack Welch. While she never out rightly said he did things that might not have been good…
I’m reading a really, really, really interesting book, Imagine It Forward, by Beth Comstock where the author narrates her career in PR and as a change maker. I’ve just started so I’m only at the early part of her career where she is at GE during Jack Welch’s tenure. Now growing up, Jack Welch was…
I’m revisiting a topic I wrote on earlier in the week: the news that the Business Roundtable is redefining businesses’ purpose as being larger than just shareholders. Their purpose should encompass all stakeholders, not just shareholders: the customers, employees, the community. There have been quite a few responses to this news and most people seem…
Whoa! To think that CEOs now think that the purpose of business should extend beyond the shareholder value that we’ve been living under for the last forty years is unbelievable. I can’t believe I’m actually reading this. What prompted them to think that shareholder value can’t be the sole reason for being? Why now? Is…