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From: si... Simon Turner
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:24

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On Thursday, in article
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     hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:

> On Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 1:09:23 AM UTC-4, Mike Spencer wrote:
> 
>>        Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very foundations
>>        of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of
>>        a social responsibility other than to make as much money for
>>        their stockholders as possible.     -- Milton Friedman
> 
> The film Executive Suite just aired on TCM.  Great movie.
> In the climatic scene, there is a shown between the comptroller
> who is only interested in maximizing return to the shareholders,
> by any means possible; and another VP, who has a long term view
> and cares also about the customers and employees.

It's a fantasy film, then?

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