Well Do They Or Don't They?
Portfolio magazine takes diversification to a new extreme: The mag leads January's issue with Robert Reich's admonition to "get corporate money out of politics" since companies often "set the agenda" and "pour millions of dollars into the system." Flip to the back pages, and veteran business journalist Roger Lowenstein is slamming a book on responsible investing with the argument that corporate "donations seem too small to encourage any meaningful and lasting shifts in government policy."