Jason Palmer and Conscious Capitalism

Jason Palmer and Conscious Capitalism

By Bob Small

Democratic presidential candidate Jason Palmer is a proponent of “conscious capitalism”, whose tenets are higher purpose, stakeholder orientation, leadership and conscious culture.

 The proponents of this philosophy believe in “elevating humanity through their efforts”, unlike regular capitalism which just believes in the elevation of one’s bank account.

What he calls “Palmer’s Pillars” are Conscious Capitalism,  People First, The New Talent Economy  and Modernizing the US Government. Under each are numerous subsections. One example found under Measure the government like a business says

This campaign and its team find it astonishing that our federal government does not track its finances according to GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). We don’t even have a national Balance Sheet. Basic advances in modern accounting should be implemented so that we can compare investments to expenses and get much, much better at how we spend taxpayer money.”

Under section 6, entitled Liberation we have

“If we want to build a bright future we must acknowledge the darkness in our past”.

Under People First in the immigration subsection  says “This will require a complete rewrite of our nation’s immigration laws to be more like the laws of Australia and Canada.  “ 

He  states that he believes capitalism is the world’s best economic system”.

He is a proponent of the Right to Start movement which “is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that fights to expand entrepreneurial opportunity for all”.

Other insights can be found at

3 Questions for Presidential Candidate Jason Palmer

Jason Palmer for President 2024 – BBC Interview 11/22/23

There are more interesting ideas than we have room for here.

Joseph Michael Palmer is a 52-year old living in Baltimore.  His resume includes stints at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Kaplan Education, Microsoft, and New Markets Venture Partners.  He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Virginia. At last count, he was on the ballot in six states.