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Robert Reich: “Stock buybacks do not generate more productivity in the economy. There is no trickledown from a stock buyback.”

On the recordApril 4, 2022
Stock buybacks do not generate more productivity in the economy. There is no trickledown from a stock buyback.
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Robert Reich

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Reich explains that stock buybacks do not benefit the broader economy.

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