“Woke Capitalism” is the way that large and powerful corporations push their affiliation with socially-progressive movements and causes. Woke Capitalism upends traditional categories of “left” and “right”. The left are usually critics of corporate power, but don’t mind corporate power when it serves their interests. Conservatives traditionally see themselves as allies of the business community, and don’t always know how to respond to businesses that push woke values. I’ve long believed that woke capitalism raises serious problems for the health and independence of democratic debate, and therefore it needs to be discussed and challenged.

In this episode I discuss this topic with Carl Rhodes, author of Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy. Carl is the Dean of the University of Technology Sydney Business School in Australia. He mostly researches the relationship between business and society. We discuss the implications of Work Capitalism and what we should do about it.

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