Eli5: why the shareholders in a company are not liable to pay debts owed by the company?

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Eli5: why the shareholders in a company are not liable to pay debts owed by the company?

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if you think of shares as a loan of money (with a contractual agreement to pay it back plus a portion of profits) it is easier to grasp.

The company owes the shareholders money (rather than the shareholders having accepted responsibility for all the decisions of the company.

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