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Can America’s Companies Survive America’s Most Aggressive Investors?
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Can America’s Companies Survive America’s Most Aggressive Investors?

Alana Semuels
The Atlantic, 2016
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American companies have lost thousands of workers, innovative ideas and possibly their future existence to “activist investors” whose only concern is for the shareholder’s immediate profit. Uncovering the strategies of such investors, Atlantic staff writer Alana Semuels shows why short-term gains, layoffs, and R&D termination aren’t in the best interests of the company or the country. getAbstract recommends this article to business leaders, stock market investors and economy enthusiasts.

Take-Aways

  • Traditionally, American companies held the dual purpose of serving the community with jobs and new products and making a profit for the shareholders.
  • However, since the 1970s, “mainstream economic thinking” has been that businesses exist to create wealth for shareholders.
  • “Activist investors” seek out companies where they can make a large gain in a relatively short period of time.

About the Author

Alana Semuels is a staff writer at the The Atlantic. She was previously a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times.

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