Home Economic Trends The Controversy Around Stock Buybacks Explained – Source – Visual Capitalist... Business and EconomyEconomic Trends The Controversy Around Stock Buybacks Explained – Source – Visual Capitalist (03/04/2019) By wsw staff - March 4, 2019 Some people praise stock buybacks as necessary and helpful to making the stock market go up, while others are critical of it. Here is what is happening. Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist