I think the objection stated in the artical is to buybacks and downsizing at the same time, which the author claims was done by HP, for example. I don&#x27;t know whether to credit this, but naively, it makes sense that this practice might contract output by cutting costs and transfering the savings to shareholders instead of reinvesting in more promising endeavours. It does seem like HP sort of makes less stuff every year. Didn&#x27;t they go from making mainframes to desktops, to rebranding desktops manufactured elsewhere, and then finally to giving up tablets and dumping WebOS 18 months after they bought it?