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Gary Peters: “It is fundamental to capitalism that the owners have the ability to exercise the authority that they have.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2009
It is fundamental to capitalism that the owners have the ability to exercise the authority that they have.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters emphasizes the importance of shareholder authority in a capitalist system.

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