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Prince Harry’s critics have a point: woke capitalism is no solution

  • Written by Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Prince Harry has copped a pasting in the British media for his new job as “chief impact officer” with Silicon Valley startup BetterUp.

His role, and the company’s business model, has been called the “latest expression of woke capitalism” in venerable conservative magazine The Spectator. Other critics...

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