![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By Ramaswamy’s account, it’s wrong that Delta Airlines, headquartered in Atlanta, should denounce Georgia’s recent attempts at voter suppression while “failing to explain why Americans should care whether a voting law matches the values of an airline company.” The author scores a point or two: He’s right that there’s a disconnect between people’s decrying the corporate personhood enshrined in Citizens United while demanding that corporations take a role in socially progressive causes. The author is angry that the Milton Friedman school of predatory corporatism-capitalism in which the only duty of the firm is to maximize shareholder return-has turned into “stakeholder capitalism,” in which corporations advance causes for the social good. That Ramaswamy considers Rand Paul to be “one of the greatest advocates for social liberties of Americans” tells you all you need to know about what side of the fence his political shadow falls on, and every word in this book should be read against that knowledge. Hobby Lobby good, Patagonia bad: a plaintive denunciation of the movement toward socially responsible corporations. ![]()
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