Milton Friedman
2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 18, 2019 by Steve Rattner · said 8 times in 8 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2018 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
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Nov 18, 2019 positive
Rattner: A company's primary fiduciary duty is to responsibly serve its shareholders
“And I'm almost with Milton Friedman, who wrote that famous New York Times Magazine piece in 1970, which said that the job of a company is to go out and make money ethically, legally, responsibly, but ultimately to serve the shareholders.”
Jul 20, 2020 negative
Companies can no longer afford to solely maximize shareholder value
“Whether you agree with that view or not, companies can no longer afford to be perceived to be following that philosophy, and some of them are walking the walk, But all of them are talking the talk, but they all recognize that there's a much broader alliance of…”