History Lesson: The Corporation, Part 1 of 3
2007-07-06
Q: Limited liability decreases shareholder risk, but doesn't it increase lender risk?
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2.2 minutes
Limited liability and torts
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4.7 minutes
Q: Is control the key issue in limited liability vs. means? How is shareholders providing cash different from someone who supplied the gun in a crime.
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2.6 minutes
Q: Is there a significant difference between corporations and other forms in terms of taxation?
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56 seconds
Q: differentiation between criminal and limited liability for a corporation?
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18 seconds
Corporations as separate legal entities - the "fictitious person" concept
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3.6 minutes
The rights of corporations - do corporations get special rights, or lose rights?
rights
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2.0 minutes
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51:43
1.1 minutes
Ownership and control of corporations - is it reasonable that shareholders/owners are separated from control of the corporation?
corporate governance
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54:22
2.6 minutes
How did we get here - why are there so many corporations? Why are some so large?
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1.5 minutes