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Mackey, as revealed in conscious capitalism, is a smart, nononsense, yet authentically caring entrepreneur who sees the bottomline. The new book from john mackey, cofounder of whole foods market, is an inspiring defense of free enterprise. Liberating the heroic spirit of business is a treatise for a cultural revolution. The bestselling book, now with a new preface by the authorsat once a bold defense and reimagining of capitalism and a blueprint for a new system for doing business, conscious capitalism is for anyone hoping to build a more cooperative, humane, and positive future. Now that whole foods belongs to amazon, what happens to. A strong believer in free market principles, mackey cofounded the conscious capitalism movement and coauthored a new york times and wall street journal bestselling book entitled conscious capitalism, liberating the heroic spirit of business to boldly defend and reimagine capitalism, and encourage a way of doing business that is grounded in ethical consciousness. Conscious capitalism with john mackey cofounder and co.
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