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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...
Shamsa Belgrave
Jul 21, 20234 min read
Self-Interest & Fast Fashion
Ms. Shamsa Belgrave is a sophomore at Swarthmore College with a growing awareness that America’s current form of capitalism is damaging...
Aaron Hedges
Jan 6, 20235 min read
Jesus as Behavioral Economist - On Being Better Together
This is the fifth and final post in a series that takes a behavioral economics perspective on Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. If Jesus...
Aaron Hedges
Dec 30, 20225 min read
Jesus as Behavioral Economist - On Being [Relationally] Poor and Anxious
This is the fourth post in a series that takes a behavioral economics perspective on Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. If Jesus and...
Aaron Hedges
Dec 23, 20224 min read
Jesus as Behavioral Economist - On Being Poor and Anxious
This is the third post in a series that takes a behavioral economics perspective on Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. If Jesus and...
Aaron Hedges
Dec 16, 20226 min read
Jesus as Behavioral Economist - On Being Wealthy and Anxious
This is the second post in a series that takes a behavioral economics perspective on Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. If Jesus and...
Aaron Hedges
Dec 9, 20224 min read
Jesus as Behavioral Economist
This is the first post in a series that takes a behavioral economics perspective on Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. If Jesus and...
Paul Knowlton
Aug 26, 20224 min read
What is Enough?
This post is the first in a short series exploring what we term an ‘ethic of enough’ and one way that ethic is applied to personal...
Paul Knowlton
May 20, 20224 min read
Understanding Adam Smith - The Fallacy of Laissez-Faire
This is the 7th of an eight-part series designed to explain several important aspects of Adam Smith’s writing, or at least correct...
Paul Knowlton
Apr 22, 20223 min read
Understanding Adam Smith - The Impartial Spectator
This is the 3rd of an eight-part series designed to explain several important aspects of Adam Smith’s writing, or at least correct...
Paul Knowlton
Apr 8, 20224 min read
Understanding Adam Smith - I Am Your Father
This is the 1st of an eight-part series designed to explain several important aspects of Adam Smith’s writing, or at least correct...
Paul Knowlton
Mar 4, 20223 min read
Yoda and You
“Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.” - Yoda Yoda is right, of course, Yoda he is – a standard bearer for luminous beings...
Paul Knowlton
Dec 10, 20214 min read
Hacking Behavioral Economics - Ignorance, Uncertainty and Confusion
You don’t need a PhD to engage economics any more than you need to be a botanist to shop for fruit. Anyone who knows people can (and...
Paul Knowlton
Dec 3, 20214 min read
Relentless – Vision, Rules, and Reality
“For a while he trampled with impunity on laws human and divine; but, as he was obsessed with the delusion that two and two make five, he...
Paul Knowlton
Nov 19, 20214 min read
The Art of Power
What’s missing from our workplace wellness and well-being efforts? What’s the elephant in the room we’re typically too hesitant to...
Paul Knowlton
Oct 22, 20215 min read
Better Capitalism in Action: Not a Fairy Tale
Once upon a time a man named John Sr. had two successful businesses. Each business had dozens of employees. John Sr. managed and grew the...
Paul Knowlton
Sep 10, 20214 min read
It's Crazy ... Right!
Partnership Economics is a uniquely distinguishable approach to reshaping and creating a better form of capitalism. In part this is true...
Aaron Hedges
Apr 30, 20213 min read
Better Taxes, Part 1: "Wealth Tax" - A Rose by Any Other Name
I'm pretty sure Shakespeare did not have taxes in mind when he penned the phrase, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." I...
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