Ending Esg and Restoring the Economic Enlightenment – hinnat ja saatavuus

The 18th-century Enlightenment liberated mind, soul, andproperty. It established the world-changing principle that labor and capitalare private property, unleashing unprecedented explosions in work, thrift, and innovationthat lifted millions of people out of abject poverty. But the modern-day phenomenon known as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing threatens that prosperity. The implicit promise of ESG investing is that you can dowell and do good at the same time. Investors presume they can make a marketreturn while lowering carbon emissions or reducing income inequality. However, this seemingly noble pursuit does more harm than good. In Ending ESG andRestoring the Economic Enlightenment, Sen. Phil Gramm and Terrence Keeleybring together a collection of insightful essays considering the many problemswith ESG. The authors draw parallels between pre-Enlightenment practices andESG's mistaken attempt to enrich society by extracting rents from workers, consumers, and capital owners. They explain the inefficiencies of ESGinvesting, the flaws of ESG rating methodologies, and the conflict between ESGand fiduciary standards. They also show how impact investing is a viablealternative for those who genuinely want their capital to do well and do good. Featuring the writing of Mike Edleson, Alex Edmans, HesterPeirce, Andy Puzder, and Mike Solon, this insightful volume illustrates why ESGis so ineffective and ultimately dangerous. ESG, at its root, is a return tothe pre-Enlightenment world, where a self-chosen elite use nondemocratic meansto extract the rewards that come from the sweat of the workers' brows and thesacrifice of their thrift. We have seen this drama play out many times before. Thesooner we end the ESG experiment, the sooner we can restore the principles thathave always allowed humanity to flourish.