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On the recordMarch 25, 2009
There was a decoupling. There was short-term decisionmaking as opposed to long-term decisionmaking and a decoupling of risk and the consequences of running those risks, which perverts the kind of decisions that are made.
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Evan Bayh
Democratic · Indiana

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Bayh discusses the negative impact of short-term incentives on corporate decision-making.

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