Can we make stock buybacks illegal? They used to be.
"For most of the 20th century, stock buybacks were largely illegal and viewed as market manipulation. But in 1982, the Reagan administration instituted a “safe harbor” rule that gave corporate executives broader permissions to use them. Today, more than half of all S&P 500 companies engage in stock buybacks."

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