I like the idea of stakeholder capitalism. Too many on the left are reflexively “anti capitalist” whatever that means as you’re hammering out your censure on your iPhone, on your way to catch a flight to wherever, or in between taking your Amazon delivery off the front porch, buying something on Etsy, getting DoorDash, or on a commercial break on one of your many streaming services. The level of hypocrisy is sometimes stunning.

The idea of anti corporation seems like a non starter as long as money is speech. Too many people still believe in now debunked theories of trickling down or floating all boats. I’d like to see legislation limiting the top C level salaries to 10 or 100 times the median salary for a company. I haven’t seen a strong case for why breaking up Google would actually lead to lower costs or more freedom or more dignity. It seems to me like it would make things that we are used to more expensive or more disjointed, but I am uninformed and have not yet seen it argued cogently and thoroughly like so many of these essays. I need to learn more and I welcome recommendations.