Earlier this year, the California Supreme Court reclassified what it means to be an independent contractor in the state.

To the direct success we have achieved—the sinking of fifteen ships of more than 100,000 tons aggregate, often with most valuable cargo—should be added the indirect effect on the trade war, such the tying-down of warships and the diversion of merchant ships near the coast, which must have resulted in a higher consumption of fuel and a slower turn-round of the ships.

American corporate law provides that boards of directors are chosen solely by shareholders, to whom the directors owe an exclusive fiduciary duty to maximize shareholder value. That simple proposition has generated benefits not only for shareholders but also for workers, suppliers, customers, bondholders and communities.

To the adage “let’s keep politics out of the bedroom,” what about California’s government intervening in the boardroom?