Author: Ethan Peck

How States Can Fight BlackRock, ESG

How States Can Fight BlackRock, ESG

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In his latest commentary for Real Clear Markets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard explains which State measures could be most effective in the nationwide pushback against BlackRock-sponsored ESG. "State efforts to rein in the self-appointed capital controllers will have to be sophisticated," Scott ...
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Larry Fink's Own Carbon Emissions Shouldn't Be Exempt From His Energy Rationing Objectives

Larry Fink’s Own Carbon Emissions Shouldn’t Be Exempt From His Energy Rationing Objectives

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In his latest commentary for Real Clear Markets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard details the many negative consequences of energy rationing to reduce carbon emissions, and how the elitists who are calling for it exempt themselves. "If that’s [energy rationing] what’s called for, ...
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Corporate Wokeness Eats Its Own Tail

Corporate Wokeness Eats Its Own Tail

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In his latest commentary for Real Clear Markets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard explains how corporate wokeness eats its own tail. “Neither Starbucks not the NCAA appear to have read the fine print in their contracts with the devil,” Scott writes. “If you sign ...
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BlackRock’s Larry Fink Is Growing More Unabashedly Dictatorial

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Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard writes in his latest commentary for Real Clear Markets: “One might think [Larry] Fink would be more careful, given that he carries a raft of fiduciary duties to investors and shareholders… But no. While he ...
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Morningstar's ESG Metrics Promulgate BDS

Morningstar’s ESG Metrics Promulgate BDS

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Investor-research firm Morningstar "thinks it can get away with expressly treating all non-leftist shareholder proposals as 'anti-ESG,' and advising its clients to oppose such initiatives – thereby revealing that it places the political policy preferences of the company’s elite over ...
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Is Nonpartisan ESG Possible?

Is Nonpartisan ESG Possible?

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“It may be worthwhile to consider what a genuinely neutral, nonpartisan ESG might look like,” writes Free Enterprise Project (FEP) Director Scott Shepard in his latest commentary for Real Clear Markets. Before providing hypothetical examples of neutral ESG parameters, the column first lays bare the ...
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Corporate Elites Don’t Recognize Shareholders As Owners

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Every American has experienced miserable customer service from our corporate overlords, but that cold shoulder is a warm hug compared to how corporations cheat and deceive their own owners — the shareholders. As a conservative shareholder activist for the Free ...
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Corporate Response to Dobbs Will Backfire on Woke CEOs

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“In response [to the Dobbs decision]… a string of major American corporations have committed to paying the expenses of employees who find themselves unable to secure the abortion of their choice where they live,” writes Free Enterprise Project (FEP) Director Scott Shepard in his latest commentary for ...
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Supreme Court School Choice Decision

Supreme Court Decision on School Choice Will Foster Diversity Without Discrimination

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The United States Supreme Court struck down the Blaine Amendments this week in the Carson v. Makin case. “This decision, which will enhance school-choice opportunities, is great news for anyone who genuinely seeks increased workplace diversity by legal and nondiscriminatory means,” ...
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Corporate Media is in High Supply and Low Demand

Corporate Media is in High Supply and Low Demand

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“However badly the one-time pillars of the American news industry misunderstand economics, they cannot escape it. The law of supply and demand, like the gods of the copybook headings, will assert itself,” writes Free Enterprise Project (FEP) Director Scott Shepard in his latest commentary for ...
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