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Majority 54

What is the Role of Business in Social Progress?

Majority 54

Majority 54

News, News Commentary, Politics, Society & Culture

4.76.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

One of the best parts of doing this podcast is getting to highlight friends of mine who are doing big things or have big ideas or both. Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has a history of public service, and now he’s continuing it from the private sector. He’s a deeply thoughtful guy and he’s really made me think differently about what expectations we should put on the business community in America. I mean, yes, as progressives we think big business should pay its fair share of taxes and should treat workers fairly, but Deval doesn’t stop there - he’s saying there’s no reason companies can’t also seek to make the world a better place too. This is something I’ve been talking about a lot in here in Kansas City, because I want to make sure the progress in KC is felt by everyone - residents and employers alike. Here is my conversation with my friend Deval Patrick about reinvesting in America. Important links:  @DevalPatrick @Majority54  @JasonKander  hellomajority54@gmail.com  Produced by Brock Wilbur  @brockwilbur Ads: DollarShaveClub.com/54 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Jason Kander and this is majority 54.

0:05.5

What a crazy fun week this has been.

0:08.3

I've never done a book tour until now, which makes sense because I've never had a book

0:13.0

until now.

0:14.0

It would be weird to do one otherwise, but my book, Outside the Wire, Ten Lessons I've

0:18.1

Learned in Everyday Courage, came out on Tuesday.

0:20.9

And it's been really cool to see all the people who are posting pictures on social media

0:25.7

of them with the book and telling me which parts of the book meant the most to them and

0:29.6

what was their favorite.

0:30.6

I appreciate that a lot.

0:32.6

If you're still on the fence about whether or not you're going to read it, two things I

0:35.7

want you to know.

0:36.7

One, we put out a special episode of this podcast earlier this week where John Levit actually

0:42.0

interviewed me about writing the book and about the book, but it also includes my reading

0:47.4

and excerpt from the book.

0:48.4

So you can listen to that and decide and I hope it wins you over.

0:51.8

And then the second thing I wanted to know is that today, Friday and tomorrow, Saturday

0:56.7

are the last chances that you have to buy a book and at the same time support the fight

1:02.3

against gun violence.

1:03.4

Because right now for every copy of Outside the Wire that sold, Diana and I are making

1:08.0

a contribution to mom's demand action and to every time for gun safety.

1:12.3

So if you want to be a part of that, open your browser.

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