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So the question is, do corporate executives, provided they stay within the law, have responsibilities in their business activities other than to make as much money for their stockholders as possible? And my answer to that is, no they do not.

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Milton Friedman

(1912-2006) United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy. Nobel Prize-winning economist, economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan, "ultimate guru of the free-market system.”

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    la question est donc: les dirigeants d'entreprise, à condition qu'ils respectent la loi, ont-ils des responsabilités dans leurs activités commerciales autres que de faire le plus d'argent possible pour leurs actionnaires? et ma réponse est non, ils ne le font pas.

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