The Importance of Socially Responsible Investing

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James Surawiki: By activating against ESGs, they might be advancing policies they don't like. He says investors need to give up on the idea that they're going to reap higher returns by doing this. Surawiki is a contributing writer at The Atlantic where you can read his piece about ESG.

Republican presidential candidates have a bone to pick with ESG investments. So does James Surowiecki, contributing writer at The Atlantic.

This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael with help from Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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