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Zohar Goshen

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In this episode, CII General Counsel interviews Zohar Goshen, the Jerome L. Greene Professor of Transactional Law at Columbia Law School. Professor Goshen is a co-author of a research paper titled "Barbarians Inside the Gates: Raiders, Activists, and the Risk of Mistargeting."

In this episode, CII General Counsel interviews Zohar Goshen, the Jerome L. Greene Professor of Transactional Law at Columbia Law School. Professor Goshen is a co-author of a research paper titled "<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3945764" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barbarians Inside the Gates: Raiders, Activists, and the Risk of Mistargeting</a>."

Barbarians Inside the Gates: Raiders, Activists, and the Risk of Mistargeting with Zohar Goshen

Columbia University Law Professor Zohar Goshen joins to discuss his provocative new theory about the root causes of American income inequality. His upcoming publication (co-authored with Prof. Doron Levit) goes beyond the traditional explanations — globalization, automation, taxation — and pushes against a few of Wall Street’s sacred bulls.  He also puts forth a pretty nifty solution — one that will never, ever happen, of course.Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, and Stitcher. Follow @UncertainPod on your social media of choice.On the agenda:* Corporate Governance 101 [6:29]* Born in the 80s: shareholder primacy and income inequality [13:25]* The conventional inequality explanations [19:10]* What went wrong: the pension problem [27:56]* Strong governance is good [37:25]* Strong governance is bad (the Steve Jobs story) [39:38]* The consequences: Capital gains, workers' loss [46:25]* Why changing corporations won't work [1:01:01]* The big break up we need - and is never gonna happen [1:07:42]* The 2008 financial crisis vs today's [1:16:03]* On ESG - Let's rethink that G [1:25:50] Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe

Columbia University Law Professor Zohar Goshen joins to discuss his provocative new theory about the root causes of American income inequality. His upcoming publication (co-authored with Prof. Doron Levit) goes beyond the traditional explanations — globalization, automation, taxation — and pushes against a few of Wall Street’s sacred bulls. He also puts forth a pretty nifty solution — one that will never, ever happen, of course.Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, and Stitcher. Follow @UncertainPod on your social media of choice.On the agenda:* Corporate Governance 101 [6:29]* Born in the 80s: shareholder primacy and income inequality [13:25]* The conventional inequality explanations [19:10]* What went wrong: the pension problem [27:56]* Strong governance is good [37:25]* Strong governance is bad (the Steve Jobs story) [39:38]* The consequences: Capital gains, workers' loss [46:25]* Why changing corporations won't work [1:01:01]* The big break up we need - and is never gonna happen [1:07:42]* The 2008 financial crisis vs today's [1:16:03]* On ESG - Let's rethink that G [1:25:50] Get full access to Uncertain Things at <a href="https://uncertain.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uncertain.substack.com/subscribe</a>