Thanks, Charlie. The piece in question, by Ron Lieber, contained a good
lead, namely, The Investment Company Institute. Lieber's arguments,
however, are far from compelling. Indeed, there is an internal consistency
that leaps out from them. Lieber claims that we, the little folks, own the
Fortune 500, yet, what he points to is our investment in mutual funds.
Money invested in mutual funds does provide a degree of ownership in the
mutual fund but not directly in any of the Fortune 500. It may be the case
that the mutual and pension funds are indeed the owners of the Fortune 500
but that doesn't make the little guy an owner and it begs the isssue of the
separation of ownership and control and the implications of that for social
responsibility and corporate/executive accountability.
Fred Nickols
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Fred
> There is a site entitled: Who Owns the Fortune 500.
>
http://afgen.com/fortune_500.html
> Cybercollegially,
> Charles Wankel
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> If I wanted to investigate the ownership of the Fortune 500, how
> could I go
> about that?
>
> Fred Nickols
>
nickols@att.net
> www.nickols.us