August 24, 2011 1:03PM 

# The Morality of Business Enterprise 

By [Tom G. Palmer](https://www.cato.org/people/tom-g-palmer) 

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John Mackey, co-founder and co-CEO of a substantial wealth-creating business enterprise, explains the moral significance of business. A longer interview with Mackey, along with other thinkers, can be found in *The Morality of Capitalism*, available [here](http://www.AtlasNetwork.org/Morality). (The book is being distributed by the [Atlas Network](http://www.atlasnetwork.org) and [Students for Liberty](http://www.studentsforliberty.org).)

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