Business as Mission, Part 1
How should the Church view business? Are they separate spheres of influence that have no common ground, or should business be viewed as...
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Karen Kuykendall
Jun 74 min read
Paying It Forward: How a Generous Lifestyle Can Keep on Giving
The following article is an abridged transcript of a video interview created by Faith Driven Investor. The video features Dana Wichterman...
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...
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
Dec 29, 20234 min read
Standout Ethical Startups of 2023
With just a few days to go until 2024 begins, the inevitable lists of 2023 are current features in many information outlets. The most...
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...
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...
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
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...
Paul Knowlton
May 5, 20234 min read
The Dignity of Work
This abstract is from an insightful article published by Beautiful Enterprise about positive organizational transformation, which at its...
Paul Knowlton
Apr 14, 20234 min read
Law Firm Profits Per Partner – The Elephant in the Room
The practice of law is one of the “3 great professions.” These are theology for the preservation of the spirit, medicine for the...
Paul Knowlton
Mar 31, 20234 min read
Reinventing Capitalism in Liminal Time
Capitalism is a system we humans created and constantly reinvent. These reinventions unfold in small and subtle steps punctuated every...
Karen Kuykendall
Feb 10, 20233 min read
Better Capitalism in Action - The B Team & B4IG
In a previous post, we featured two CEOs, Emmanuel Faber and Paul Polman, who have initiated changes within large corporations toward a...
Karen Kuykendall
Feb 3, 20233 min read
Better Capitalism in Action - Emmanuel Faber and Paul Polman
Previously on this blog, we shared with you how exciting it is to see aspects of better capitalism in action. For example, we spoke of...
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...
Paul Knowlton
Nov 11, 20224 min read
Understanding Ayn Rand - Without a Cannibal's Lust
This is the 5th of a 6-part series designed to explain several important aspects of Ayn Rand’s influential Atlas Shrugged, or at least...
Paul Knowlton
Oct 28, 20224 min read
Understanding Ayn Rand - Galt's Speech
This is the 3rd of a 6-part series designed to explain several important aspects of Ayn Rand’s influential Atlas Shrugged, or at least...
Paul Knowlton
Oct 7, 20224 min read
Better Capitalism in Action - illycaffè
The ethic of mutuality – pursuing self-interest and the interest of others – is a core tenet of what we term Partnership Economics™ and...
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