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Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone? (Update)
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 00:47:02
Publish Date: 2025-07-23 00:00:00
Description:

Until recently, Delaware was almost universally agreed to be the best place for companies to incorporate. Now, with Elon Musk leading a corporate stampede out of the First State, we revisit an episode from 2023 that asked if Delaware’s “franchise” is wildly corrupt, wildly efficient … or both?

 

  • SOURCES:
    • John Cassara, retired Special Agent detailee to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Terrorism Finance and Financial Intelligence.
    • Doneene Damon, director with Richards, Layton, and Finger.
    • Travis Laster, Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery.
    • Dan Nielson, professor of government at the University of Texas.
    • Hal Weitzman, professor of behavioral science, editor-in-chief of Chicago Booth Review, and executive director for intellectual capital at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.

 

 
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