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Karen Kuykendall
Dec 29, 20234 min read
Standout Ethical Startups of 2023
With just a few days to go until 2024 begins, the inevitable lists of 2023 are current features in many information outlets. The most...
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Aaron Hedges
Dec 22, 20233 min read
Precarious Christmas 2023
This post first published on December 24, 2021. Given its timelessness, we thought it appropriate to re-share it with our expanding...
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Paul Knowlton
Dec 15, 20234 min read
6 Temptations of an Entrepreneur
A friend who devotes his time helping equip others effect transformative change, like us here at Better Capitalism, shared with us a...
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Karen Kuykendall
Dec 8, 20235 min read
The Most Charitable Time of the Year
During the holidays, it seems like everyone is tugging on your heartstrings and at your shirtsleeve to make a donation. From Giving...
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Paul Knowlton
Dec 1, 20233 min read
Want to Initiate Meaningful Corporate Change?
Interested in how to motivate big business bosses to take positive social steps forward? So are we! This week’s post is an abstract from...
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Karen Kuykendall
Nov 24, 20234 min read
Saving Christmas, One Gift at a Time
Corporations are often a focus of my writing, and with good reason. Large companies are powerful and have the ability to affect the kind...
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Paul Knowlton
Nov 17, 20234 min read
The Dark Side of Self-Made
You’ve heard that it’s far better to learn from someone else’s mistakes than to learn from your own. Like a banker investing with other...
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Karen Kuykendall
Nov 10, 20235 min read
Welcome to the (Rental) Neighborhood
For everyone who loves a good Christmas movie, it's almost certain that they've seen It's a Wonderful Life, and most likely more than...
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Paul Knowlton
Nov 3, 20234 min read
When Tony Soprano Describes Your Business Model
The Sopranos is an HBO series about a fictionalized New Jersey Italian-American mobster named Tony Soprano. If you’ve watched the series,...
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Paul Knowlton
Oct 27, 20233 min read
Better Capitalism in Action - Refugee Artisan Initiative
Ms. Shamsa Belgrave, currently a sophomore at Swarthmore College, has been exploring the potential that America’s form of capitalism can...
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Paul Knowlton
Oct 20, 20234 min read
Cruelty and the Idiot in the Room
Jay Robert (J.B.) Pritzker currently serves as the 43rd governor of the State of Illinois. A businessman before assuming his current...
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Karen Kuykendall
Oct 13, 20234 min read
Citizens United, Super PACs, and the Modern Megadonor
In 2010, a legal decision that was decided by the slimmest of margins has turned out to have one of the greatest impacts on our modern...
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Paul Knowlton
Oct 6, 20235 min read
No. 1 Adventure of Adam Smith’s Impartial Spectator
The tree care company I hired to do a lot of work around my house was almost finished. I watched the climber tie off and make the final...
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Karen Kuykendall
Sep 29, 20234 min read
Does Capitalism Need Democracy?
Does capitalism need democracy? It's a question that's being asked by a number of people these days. Not that long ago, the idea of...
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Shamsa Belgrave
Sep 22, 20234 min read
American Consumerism and “Enough”
Ms. Shamsa Belgrave is currently a sophomore at Swarthmore College with a growing awareness that America’s current form of capitalism is...
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Karen Kuykendall
Sep 15, 20235 min read
Trickle-Down Economics: The Stream Was Always Dry
A 2021 Ipsos survey asked 1,000 Americans to agree or disagree with this statement: "Trickle-down economics have never worked in...
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Shamsa Belgrave
Sep 8, 20234 min read
Care Work, PTO and Better Capitalism
Ms. Shamsa Belgrave is currently a sophomore at Swarthmore College with a growing awareness that America’s current form of capitalism is...
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Shamsa Belgrave
Sep 1, 20234 min read
Envisioning Mutual Benefit
Ms. Shamsa Belgrave is currently a sophomore at Swarthmore College, with a growing awareness that America’s current form of capitalism is...
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Karen Kuykendall
Aug 25, 20234 min read
Industry 4.0: Get Ready for the Next Phase of Capitalism
Industry 4.0 (also known as 4IR) is a term you see popping up more and more. There are so many acronyms in the world these days, though,...
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Paul Knowlton
Aug 18, 20233 min read
Three Great [Business] Commissions
This abstract is from a short and insightful article by Peter Heslam of Faith in Business, which reminds us that we carry our faith with...
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