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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Paul Knowlton
- Apr 8, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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
- Feb 11, 2022
- 4 min
Milton Friedman’s Profit Fiction: Part 6
This is the sixth of a six-blog series that simply and in plain language explains the dangerous fallacy of Milton Friedman’s “maximize...
Paul Knowlton
- Dec 3, 2021
- 4 min
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
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
Moving from Ethical Fading/Failures
The problem of ethical fading/failures is easy to understand and illustrate. Here ya go: Photo Credit: Paul Knowlton The...
Paul Knowlton
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
Law - a Well-Paid Plantation System?
In the Introduction of our book Better Capitalism we shared a story that we’re discovering has hit a nerve. A law firm managing partner,...
Paul Knowlton
- May 21, 2021
- 3 min
Growing Pains?
Growth can be a joyful experience. My joyful growth memories include my first motorcycle, earning job promotions, graduating from degree...
Paul Knowlton
- May 7, 2021
- 3 min
Divine Reading
We want to share one of the back stories about our writing of Better Capitalism. Our thinking here is that our further transparency will...
Paul Knowlton
- Mar 26, 2021
- 4 min
Self-made?
The sunrise view from my vacation rental is spectacular. The photo here doesn’t do the scene justice, but I offer it to you as a sense of...
Paul Knowlton
- Feb 26, 2021
- 3 min
A Dog Named 'Plantation'
For most if not all of us, the most important word in our vocabulary is our name. Has a friend ever called you by the wrong name? It...
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