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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Shamsa Belgrave
Aug 11, 20234 min read
Care Work and the Economy
Ms. Shamsa Belgrave is currently a sophomore at Swarthmore College with a growing awareness that America’s current form of capitalism is...
Shamsa Belgrave
Aug 4, 20234 min read
Self-interest & Social Responsibility
Ms. Shamsa Belgrave is a sophomore at Swarthmore College with a growing awareness that America’s current form of capitalism is damaging...
Karen Kuykendall
Jul 28, 20234 min read
Bringing Back the Burg: How Local Government Can Help Local Business
It's an all too familiar story in modern day America. A once vibrant town now struggles because its main source of economic security...
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...
Karen Kuykendall
Jul 14, 20234 min read
Support Your Local Entrepreneur
The word "entrepreneur" has a certain mystique about it. It conjures up images of brilliant and energetic inventors who have changed the...
Ray Klassen
Jul 7, 20234 min read
When Work Perverts Life
Do you love your work? Did you once love your work but not such much anymore? Activities we humans engage in and label work are...
Paul Knowlton
Jun 30, 20234 min read
Theology of Enough for Church Leaders
Table & Towel is a monthly publication of the Eula Mae and John Baugh Center for Baptist Leadership of Mercer University. This Theology...
Paul Knowlton
Jun 23, 20233 min read
It All Starts With Tragic Thinking
WE DON’T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS screamed the front-page headline of my neighbor’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper the day after a...
Karen Kuykendall
Jun 16, 20234 min read
B Corps and Benefit Corporations: Working Toward A Better Capitalism
If you're in B-School or business, you've probably heard the "B Corp" buzz phrase by now. You might also have come across the term...
Roger Hines
Jun 9, 20234 min read
Can Capitalism Be Improved? - A MDJ Book Review
Roger Hines, the well-known columnist for the popular metro-Atlanta news source MDJ (Marietta Daily Journal) is also a career academic and...
Ray Klassen
Jun 2, 20234 min read
The Essential Values of Work
By distinguishing between plantation and partnership economics, Better Capitalism provides us a way of coming to understand the...
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