Introduction
PART I: Looking for Stock-Market-Driven Short-Termism''s Impact on the Economy
1. The Short-Term Problem Perceived
2. Looking for the Economy-Wide Impact
3. The Social Costs of Stock-Market Short-Termism Understood, Clarified, and Defined
4. The Heavy Cost of Misdiagnosis: Missing the Targets
PART II: Analyzing the Stock Market''s Impact
5. Concept and Evidence for Stock-Market-Driven Short-Termism
6. Concept and Evidence Against It
7. Evaluating the Firm-by-Firm Short-Termism Evidence
PART III: The Proposed Solutions'' Limited Efficacy-And Their Costs
8. Cures and Their Sharp Limits: Insulating Executives from Financial Markets
9. Cures and Their Sharp Limits: Taxing and Regulating Financial Markets
PART IV: The Politics of the Corporate Short-Termism Controversy
10. Confusing Short-Termism with Accelerating Technological Change
11. Short-Termism as Popular Narrative: Connotation, Category Confusion, and Confirmation
12. Political Support at the Top of the Corporation: Executives vs. Shareholders
13. Political Support Outside the Corporation: Popular Opinion vs. Wall Street
Conclusion
Index
