Senator Cory Booker explains: what the hell is a stock buyback?
Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
February 26, 201932m 23s
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Show Notes
Senator Cory Booker explains the problem with stock buybacks, walks us through his Workers Dividend Act, and offers Goldy some much-needed counseling.
Cory Booker is the U.S. Senator from New Jersey and a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.
Twitter: @CoryBooker
Further reading: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/6/17083398/booker-buyback-populist
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/02/kill-stock-buyback-to-save-the-american-economy/385259/