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Business and Markets

Our Place in the Business Purpose Conversation

On August 19, Business Roundtable, a group of CEOs whose voices echo through Wall Street and K Street, released a “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.”

BY David K. Gibson

Blog Post

08.30.2019
Long-Term Capitalism

Fixing Long-Term Investment

The time is ripe for a national conversation about long-term investment and a smarter way to pay for it.

BY Judy Samuelson

Blog Post

12.21.2016
US Economy

Investing in Infrastructure

Could the desire for investment in US infrastructure unite the Left and Right?

BY Judy Samuelson

Blog Post

07.28.2016
Long-Term Capitalism

5 Things All Voters Should Know about Combatting Economic Short-Termism

To the public, short-termism is a new foil for economic reform. Here are five things every voter (and policy maker) should know about combatting capital markets' short-termism.

BY Miguel Padró

Blog Post

08.11.2015
Long-Term Capitalism

Overcoming Short-termism: A Call for a More Responsible Approach to Investment and Business Management

Twenty-eight leaders representing business, investment, government, academia, and labor joined the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program’s Corporate Values Strategy Group (CVSG) to endorse a bold call to end the focus on value-destroying short-termism in our financial markets and create public policies that reward long-term value creation for investors and the public good.

BY Business and Society Program

Publication

09.16.2009
Long-Term Capitalism

Overcoming Short-Termism

We believe a healthy society requires healthy and responsible companies that effectively pursue long-term goals. Yet in recent years, boards, managers, shareholders with varying agendas, and regulators, all, to one degree or another, have allowed short-term considerations to overwhelm the desirable long-term growth and sustainable profit objectives of the corporation.

BY Corporate Values Strategy Group

Publication

09.09.2009