# Prof. Ralph Gomory and Richard Sylla's research on American Corporations

1 November 29, 2012 The Wall Street Journal ![CBS News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031726.jpg?itok=XPqKNXWl)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/11/29/seib-wessel-what-were-reading-thursday/) -- "[Ralph Gomory](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/ralph-gomory), former head of Sloan Foundation, and NYU economic historian [Richard Sylla](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/richard-sylla), trace the history of the corporation in a long essay to be published next year in Daedalus, and ask, 'How do we align the actions of corporations with the broader interests of the country?'"
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