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Matt Hopkins

Senior Researcher, The Academic-Industry Research Network

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What we learn about inequality from Carl Icahn’s $2 billion Apple “no brainer”

Article By William Lazonick, Matt Hopkins, and Ken Jacobson | Jun 6, 2016

The company’s focus on stock buybacks to increase shareholder value is a reminder of why so much of the value created daily by millions of workers ends up in the hands of the billionaires

Who Invests in the High-Tech Knowledge Base?

Paper Working Paper Series | By William Lazonick and Matt Hopkins | May 2014

A nation must accumulate a high-tech knowledge base to prosper.