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Overview

In this essay, I discuss the problems associated with the rise of institutional investors and the concentration of stock ownership. I seek to answer the question, What is the public interest that the modern corporation should serve? I provide solutions for achieving a modern capitalism that place fiduciary duty and the public interest first.

About the Author

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John C. Bogle

John C. Bogle was founder and former chief executive of the Vanguard Group, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and president of its Bogle Financial Markets Research Center.