4) Sullivan makes an argument that laws should be passed to stop the actions of Garfield and those like him. Assuming that there are no anti-trust issues (anti-competitive issues), does government have a legitimate role here?
While I can understand why Sullivan would be angry, I don't think government does have role in this situation. We have a free enterprise system, and you can't legislate ethics. Both sides had tried to deceive each other, but neither side had tried to deceive the people.
5) Jorgy states that a business is worth more than the price of its stock. Garfield uses an example of buggy whips to make the point that management has a responsibility to allocate corporate resources in such a way as to maximize shareholder value. and, if management fails to uphold its fiduciary responsibility in this way, then you can't blame people like him for stepping and doing what the board should have done. Garfield counters Jorgy's argument that he (Garfield) does not make anything but instead simply destroys companies and lives. He states "…I don't...
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