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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...
Karen Kuykendall
Sep 27, 20244 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
Sep 6, 20243 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,...
Karen Kuykendall
Aug 16, 20244 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...
Douglas Tsoi
Jul 12, 20244 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...
Kenneth J. Barnes
May 17, 20243 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...
Karen Kuykendall
May 10, 20244 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...
Kenneth J. Barnes
Apr 19, 20243 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
Mar 15, 20244 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...
Karen Kuykendall
Feb 23, 20244 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 16, 20244 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...
Kenneth J. Barnes
Feb 2, 20244 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 26, 20244 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...
Karen Kuykendall
Jan 12, 20244 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...
Paul Knowlton
Dec 1, 20233 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...
Karen Kuykendall
Nov 24, 20234 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 27, 20233 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...
Paul Knowlton
Oct 6, 20235 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...
Karen Kuykendall
Sep 29, 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...
Shamsa Belgrave
Sep 22, 20234 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...
Karen Kuykendall
Sep 15, 20235 min read
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