Showing posts with label poison pills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poison pills. Show all posts

Friday, February 08, 2013

Poison Pills Reduce Competitiveness

Management would generally prefer to be insulated from an outside takeover.  Because then you can suck, and take lots of profits in the form of inefficiency and perks, and be sheltered from those scolding winds of M&A hammers.

Since the SEC largely works for existing corporations, and has little interest in promoting competition,* they are considering adopting a rule that would make poison pills more deadly.  Ick.

(*After all, the SEC is a lap dog for powerful congressmen who depend on contributions from rent-seekers; you can't get contributions from companies that don't exist, even if those companies would have been larger, healthier, and more productive)