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Brickbats

Brickbat: Hard Numbers

Charles Oliver | 9.19.2016 4:00 AM

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Swedish lawmakers are considering a bill that would require corporations to have at least 40 percent women on their boards of directors. Companies failing to meet the quotas would face fines of up to $590,000.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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