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The alignment of executive pay with outcomes, the activeness of boards, and the oversight and reporting standards set by institutions like the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice are waning.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

They ran for a prize which the Queen had ordained, and they comported themselves with much activeness and bravery; and it was the same exercise which Whitelocke had formerly seen in his own country.

From A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II. by Morton, Charles