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AudioTranscending Capitalism
- tran·scend·ing cap·i·tal·ism [verb]
- 1. Conducting business profitably by honoring humanity’s non-material needs. [See meaning, purpose ]
- 2. Promoting non-economic insights that can alleviate global economic suffering at the root.
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