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On the recordDecember 5, 2018
All too often, we see corporate boards and executives focus on short-term profits instead of long-term investments in their companies and their workers.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Critique of corporate focus on short-term profits over long-term investments.

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