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points by ch4s3 16 hours ago | 0 comments
>That assumes that people are playing a long game

What are you talking about? Shareholders are looking for sustainable projections of growth. Killing a bunch of people will tank your stock which is how executives get paid. You really need to think beyond their first thought o nstuff like this.

> There's a long list of people throughout history who do not have this caution at all.

None of them run pharmaceutical companies.

>You seem to be taking a theoretical economics approach. Reality is different

No I'm describing reality and you're arguing from populism.

[–] fc417fc802 15 hours ago
> Shareholders are looking for sustainable projections of growth.

Then why are there so many examples of PE destroying things to make a (relatively) quick buck?

[–] ch4s3 11 hours ago
> so many examples of PE destroying

PE is short for PRIVATE equity, there are no public shareholders in PE, no share price. When I critique that people here often don't understand basic things about the economy this is what I mean.