By Robert C. Hinkley 15 February 2026 Today, the world justifiably worries about climate change, the division caused by social media and the unfathomable harms which may be inflicted by artificial intelligence. Government seems frozen, unable to stop it, while the companies involved continue on unimpeded and their high flying owners become incredibly rich. The persistence of these problems has a common source:  the removal of boundaries on corporate greed starting nearly 150

1 February 2026 To Avert Climate Change The vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions come from a relatively few number of corporations that won’t stop emitting because it would cost them large amounts of money.  Their directors know that wouldn’t be in their company’s best interests.  Their decision to continue, despite the severe harm they know their companies are inflicting, can be directly tied to the mistake governments made many generations ago regarding how corporate d

January 24, 2026 Roughly a century and a half ago a quiet revolution took place in the laws governing corporations. The several states of America, eager to attract new business, entered into a competition to attract corporate formations. They assured investors that they might form companies within their borders, and that the law would require of their directors but one thing only: that they pursue the company’s “best interests.” Every former idea—that a corporation owed a dut