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[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Leveraged buyout, cutting yourself a huge check, folding the company and walking away.

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

Over the past few decades it's become very clear this is needed. The problem is that by making LBOs illegal you are saying that a controlling stake of the company's stock isn't the same as owning a controlling stake in the company. So at that point the value of stocks becomes a bit more speculative and likely much less stable. Given that basically the entirety of our economy is built on the stock market I think this is incredibly unlikely to ever happen.

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