What Ed Zitron thinks about capitalism
Writer and public-relations executive, chief executive of EZPR, author of the newsletter Where’s Your Ed At and host of the podcast Better Offline. Writes combatively about the business of technology, the incentives of executives, and what he calls the Rot Economy.
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4 dated positions, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Ed Zitron has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsthe definition of a “good business” has changed from one that makes good products at a fair price to a sustainable and loyal market, to one that can display the most stock price growth from quarter to quarter.
↗The Era Of The Business Idiotwheresyoured.at 3rd of 7 in this piece
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Their wordsWhen you care only about shareholder value, the only job you have is to promote further exploitation and dominance — not to have happy customers, not to make your company "a good place to work," not to make a good product, not to make a difference or contribute to anything other than further growth.
↗The Era Of The Business Idiotwheresyoured.at 4th of 7 in this piece
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Their wordsThe Chief Executive — who makes over 300 times more than their average worker — is no longer a leadership position, but a kind of figurehead measured on their ability to continually grow the market capitalization of their company.
↗The Era Of The Business Idiotwheresyoured.at 5th of 7 in this piece
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Their wordsManagement as a concept no longer means doing "work," but establishing cultures of dominance and value extraction.
↗The Era Of The Business Idiotwheresyoured.at 6th of 7 in this piece