I think stockholder interference does more damage than government interference. Take the failed Yahoo-Microsoft deal for example. The stockholders wanted it because they are greedy and only want to make money. The problem is that had this happened, MS would have killed Yahoo and there would be less competition.
Capitalism works great on a small scale. But, the big multi-national corps, extremely large banks, drive to become monopolies, market manipulation (intentional or unintentional), and the fact that they can make additional laws when on their property (and enforce them) are some problems with the current free market capitalist system we have now.
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