Whole Foods Libertarianism

by Will on January 6, 2010

Despite the occasional lapse into liberal condescension, The New Yorker‘s profile of Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, the new age-y libertarian whose Wall Street Journal health care op-ed sparked massive protests last summer, is pretty interesting. Reason is also running a Mackey interview.

Tagged as: John Mackey, Libertarianism, Whole Foods

Will writes from Washington, D.C. (well, Arlington, Virginia). You can reach him at willblogcorrespondence at gmail dot com.

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1 JosephFM January 6, 2010 at 12:49 pm

“The next day, I dined at the vegan counter. I decided on a “gyro”—seitan, cucumbers, tzatziki, seaweed. ”

Tzatziki is dairy! At the vegan counter? This is an outrage!

2 Jaybird January 6, 2010 at 1:03 pm

Soy tzatziki! Tzatzofu!

3 JosephFM January 6, 2010 at 8:26 pm

I’m not even a vegan (addicted to cheese, what can I say), but that line really stood out given that Mackey is. “This guy is pretty nuts, but that seems to be why he’s been so successful.”

Incidentally, I’m actually of the “whole paycheck” crowd – they are just too expensive for me most of the time.

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