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William Lazonick: Profits Without Prosperity

August 26, 2014

Good morning everyone! On today’s show University of Massachusetts Professor William Lazonick, will discuss his new piece for the Harvard Business ReviewProfits Without Prosperity: Stock Buybacks Manipulate the Market and Leave Most Americans Worse Off.

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