Vivek Ramaswamy
Woke, Inc.
Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam
Center Street, 2021
What's inside?
Big business uses “woke” rhetoric to hide greed and malfeasance.
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In his scathing and controversial critique of “woke capitalism,” entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy argues passionately that big business cynically deploys progressive-sounding rhetoric and symbols to accumulate more power and sell more products. Many corporations, he believes, promote socially conscious messages as a smoke screen to distract from their malfeasance and enhance their bottom line.While some elements of his argument may be more convincing than others, Ramaswamy’s instant New York Times best-selling polemic makes a strong case for the importance of pluralism in democratic societies.
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About the Author
Vivek Ramaswamy is the founder and executive chairman of Roivant Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the application of technology to drug development. He has authored numerous articles and op-eds, and serves on the board of directors of the Philanthropy Roundtable and the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity.
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