Cruelty and the Idiot in the Room
Jay Robert (J.B.) Pritzker currently serves as the 43rd governor of the State of Illinois. A businessman before assuming his current...
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Paul Knowlton
- Oct 6
- 5 min
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
- Jul 21
- 4 min
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...
Paul Knowlton
- May 19
- 3 min
Better Capitalism Book Review - Cato Institute
Art Carden is the Margaret Gage Bush Distinguished Professor of Economics at Samford University’s Brock School of Business. He's also a...
Paul Knowlton
- May 20, 2022
- 4 min
Understanding Adam Smith - The Fallacy of Laissez-Faire
This is the 7th of an eight-part series designed to explain several important aspects of Adam Smith’s writing, or at least correct...
Paul Knowlton
- May 13, 2022
- 4 min
Understanding Adam Smith - Government + Pursuit of Happiness
This is the 6th of an eight-part series designed to explain several important aspects of Adam Smith’s writing, or at least correct...
Paul Knowlton
- Apr 15, 2022
- 4 min
Understanding Adam Smith - The Invisible Hand
This is the 2nd of an eight-part series designed to explain several important aspects of Adam Smith’s writing, or at least correct...
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
- Feb 25, 2022
- 4 min
Your Spiritual Intelligence And Our Next New Normal
The year is 2022. American capitalism and the American workplace are in the throes of a reboot, whether we like it or not. How do we all...
Paul Knowlton
- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
The Theology of Adam Smith
We’ve all heard some form of the quote usually attributed to Frank Outlaw, the founder of Bi-Lo Stores: Watch your thoughts, they become...
Aaron Hedges
- Jun 18, 2021
- 3 min
Guess Who?
Quick quiz -- guess who said: "The perfection of police, the extension of trade and manufacturers, are noble and magnificent objects. The...
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