The Case for Living Wages
A 2022 paper from Business Fights Poverty , with support from Unilever , shows how paying living wages throughout core operations and...
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Karen Kuykendall
Sep 63 min read
How to Influence Your Company's Impact
You want to make a difference in the world, and you believe that your company should be a part of that vision. What is the best way to...
Karen Kuykendall
Aug 164 min read
A Tale of Two Norths and Souths, Part 2
In our last post, we looked at how plantation economics is portrayed and, in part, rectified in the book and mid-1980s TV mini-series,...
Douglas Tsoi
Jul 124 min read
The Dose is the Poison
Among the victories in our Better Capitalism work is finding, connecting, and collaborating with others working to improve America’s...
Kenneth J. Barnes
May 173 min read
The Ontology of Virtuous Capitalism
This is the 9th in a series introducing the book Redeeming Capitalism by Ken Barnes. You can pick up the start of this series here. See...
Karen Kuykendall
May 104 min read
It's Greek to Me - An Ancient Lesson in Economics, Part 2
In the first of this two-part series, we explored the original meaning of the words economics and steward and discovered that they come...
Kenneth J. Barnes
Apr 193 min read
Accountability Under Virtuous Capitalism
This is the 8th in a series introducing the book Redeeming Capitalism by Ken Barnes. You can pick up the start of this series here. See...
Karen Kuykendall
Mar 154 min read
Food Co-Ops: A Recipe for Mutuality
Some of my fondest memories of living in the small mountain town of Hendersonville, NC, are of my weekly visits to our local food co-op....
Karen Kuykendall
Feb 234 min read
Capitalism & AI
What is the purpose of technology? Ostensibly, it is to make people's lives better and easier. We have seen the benefits of technology in...
Kenneth J. Barnes
Feb 164 min read
Capital in a Virtuous System
This is the 4th in a series introducing the book Redeeming Capitalism by Ken Barnes. You can pick up the start of this series here. See...
Kenneth J. Barnes
Feb 24 min read
The Purpose of Virtuous Capitalism
This is the 3rd in a series introducing the book Redeeming Capitalism by Ken Barnes. You can pick up the start of this series here. See...
Karen Kuykendall
Jan 264 min read
The Men Who Built America (at Any Cost)
Like many of my fellow TV watchers, I am intrigued by series that feature real people. In particular, my husband and I have become...
Karen Kuykendall
Jan 124 min read
Bank of Dave: Thinking Through Your Banking Options
Ah, January. Instead of the most wonderful time of the year, we have now entered what many people see as the dreariest time. The...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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