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Amazon's Acquistion of Zappos: A Superb Example of Karmic Capitalism

Chip Conley | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Capitalism, Business, Amazon, Zappos, Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, Amazon Acquisition, zappos.com, Business News
Chip Conley

Zappos has proven that "karmic capitalism" isn't just a catchy cliché, but it's also a very effective means to run a business and cash out at an extremely impressive return on investment.

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America's Great Religion

Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fundamentalism, White House, Federal Reserve, Capitalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Religion, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Wall Street, Health, Religion and Politics, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Henry Louis Gates, Republicans, Politics News
Matthew-Lee Erlbach

The Islamic clerics are to Iran what Wall St. is to the U.S.

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Stella D'Oro's No-Win Solution

Dan Silverstein | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Brynwood Partners, Unfair Labor Practices, Nlrb, The Bronx, Unions, Stella D'Oro Strike, Bakery Workers Local 50, Stella D'Oro, Proskauer Rose, Capitalism, New York City, Bakery, Business News
Dan Silverstein

It was as though the economic realities carried no resonance with these workers of the world. They failed to comprehend the most basic linkage between management's needs and their lives.

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A Capitalist Fundamentalist

Nelson Davis | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Fundamentalism, Small Business, California, Capitalism, Business News
Nelson Davis

I carry the missionary zeal necessary to be a good fundamentalist and feel that if more people understood and embraced my capitalist beliefs, the world would be a better place.

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Healthcare and Government's Role in the Economy

Stephen Herrington | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Adam Smith, Government, Minimum Wage, Economy, Wages, Health, Economic Crisis, Capitalism, Healthcare, Republicans, Politics News
Stephen Herrington

The unsung dirge of this health care nightmare is that health care increased in pricing even while their customers paychecks did not increase. And that is the real issue.

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David Brooks: Obama "May Revitalize The Concept Of Dignity"

The New York Times | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks, The New York Times, Brooks, President Barack Obama, Dignity, Obama, Capitalism, George Washington, Culture, Politics News

Americans still admire dignity. But the word has become unmoored from any larger set of rules or ethical system. But it's not right to end on a note...

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On the Matter of the M.B.A. Oath

Robert Teitelman | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

Read More: College Students, M.B.A., Jack Welch, Financial TImes, Enron, Ethics, Michael Skapinker, Harvard Business School, Securities and Exchange Commission, Capitalism, Journalism, Business News
Robert Teitelman

The real-life goal of management is to create wealth. The only MBA oath that makes sense should resemble that of doctors: do no harm.

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Republicans Killed Capitalism, Not New Regs

Diane Francis | Posted 07.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, President Obama, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Financial Cxrisis, Financial Reform, Obama, Obama Plan for Wall Street, Obama Plan for Financial Regulation, Obama Financial Reform, Capitalism, Re-Regulation, Free Enterprise, Republicans, Business News
Diane Francis

This is not the economic version of the Cold War and the search for a new financial sector architecture does not mark the death of capitalism.

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The Four Pillars of the New Architecture

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: Poverty, Capitalism, Africa, New Architecture, Third World, World News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

The four pillars are dream, love, cornucopia and eutopia. We must dream and love to reach the world of cornucopia and eutopia.

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Thank You, Bill Maher, For Asking Where in the World is Barack Obama and What is He Going To Do About Healthcare?

Anne Dunev | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Debt, Socialized-Medicine, Car Accidents, America, Restless Leg Syndrome, Exposure to Chemicals, Lobbyists, Cheney, President Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, Restless-Leg-Syndrome, Fat, Health Insurance, The Matrix, Dick Cheney, Television, National Debt, Insurance, Vice President Dick Cheney, Washington, Universal Health Care, Cheney Torture, President Bush, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Vice President, Michelle Obama, Lindsay Lohan, Bankruptcy, Lobbying, Surgery, Washington DC, The-Matrix, Chemicals, Capitalism, Kodak, Don Rumsfeld, Toxic Chemicals, Dumb as Hell, Pharmaceutical Companies, Bill Maher, Pharmaceutical Industry, Donald Rumsfeld Torture, Health, Caveat Emptor, Prescription Drugs, Doctors, Florida, Prescription Medication, Vice President Cheney, Politics News
Anne Dunev

Most decent people cannot conceive that anyone would profit from knowingly harming others. That is the flaw in capitalism. And that is one reason that evil can exist.

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Fareed Zakaria: The Capitalist Manifesto

Newsweek | Fareed Zakaria | Posted 07.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Capitalist Manifesto, Economy, Zakaria Capitalist Manifesto, Fareed Zakaria, Capitalism, Business News

A specter is haunting the world--the return of capitalism. Over the past six months, politicians, businessmen and pundits have been convinced that we ...

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Steinhardt, Hedge Fund Vet Now 'Less Of A Capitalist'

footnoted.org | Michelle Leder | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Capitalism, Steinhardt Partners, Hedge Fund Managers, Hedge Fund, Loab, Hedge-Fund-Regulations, Michael Steinhardt, Business News

We take a break from our usual troll through the filings because last night, I had a chance to hear legendary hedge fund investor Michael Steinhardt s...

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Help! I Live In Sweden, and I Am Addicted to Socialism

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Saab, Depression, Wall-E, Mitch McConnell, Rush Limbaugh, Matrix, Gas Tax, Addiction, Stockholm, Capitalism, Daycare, Daily Show, Child Care, Bailout, Sean Hannity, Jim Bunning, Kentucky, Socialism, Mcmansions, World War II, Wyatt Cenac, Health Care, Bill O'Reilly, Sweden, Politics News
Nathan Hegedus

Reminded of what America stands for -- a nation of pure individuals -- I admit I fell prey to "socialism" after all those years as a "liberal."

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In Support of Hedge Fund Managers

George Jenkins | Posted 06.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Monitoring Banks, Economic Stimulus Package, Capitalism, Hedge Funds, Recession, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
George Jenkins

We are potentially destroying our capitalist system by inculcating in a whole generation of young adults that this is the way things should be.

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Nobelist Krugman Attacks "Junk Economics"

Joseph Romm | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Economic Recovery, Global Warming, Paul Krugman, Free Market, Capitalism, Green News
Joseph Romm

The opponents of climate action believe in the limitless power of the free market to do everything -- everything, that is, except avoiding catastrophic global warming.

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Will Obama Reboot Capitalism Anew?

Thom Hartmann | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Larry Summers, Timothy Geithner, Barack Obama, Reagan Capitalism, Ronald Reagan, Capitalism, Obama Capitalism, Politics News
Thom Hartmann

Will Obama move us into a new realm of capitalism, back toward regulated capitalism, or continue the slide toward a poverty-ridden Dickensian economy that Reagan started?

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What Does it Mean To Practice Conscious Capitalism?

Brian Whetten | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Conscious Business, Conscious Capitalism, Purpose, Work, Money, Meaning, Brian Whetten, Sustainability, Capitalism, Business, Capitalism 2.0, Living News
Brian Whetten

When our conscious self is identified with our spiritual self, both economics and service are about abundance and love. It's what happens as we find our inner conflicts -- and learn to love them.

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How Teddy Roosevelt Ended Unfettered Football and Saved the Game

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business

Read More: College Football Hall of Fame, Regulations, Free Market, Capitalism, South Bend, Football, Teddy Roosevelt, Business News
Cenk Uygur

In order for capitalism to thrive -- like the other great American tradition, football -- it has to be regulated and sensible rules have to be put into place.

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The Filter Up Effect

John O'Kane | Posted 05.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Obama Administration, Socialism, Capitalism, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
John O'Kane

The "debate" about how we're now on the slippery slope of socialism is truly a farce this time around.

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Capitalism - The Gift That Keeps On Taking: Part IV

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Capitalism, Politics News
Michael Gene Sullivan

Capitalism was created in a different age, to solve different problems. It did it' job, but society has evolved past it, and it cannot be "fixed" to catch up with our current needs.

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Capitalism - the Gift That Keeps on Taking: Part II

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Wall Street Bailout, Government Bailout, Bailout, Crime, Corporations, Corporate America, Economy, George W. Bush, Obama Administration, Socialism, Corporate Power, Business, Capitalism, Corporate Greed, Politics News
Michael Gene Sullivan

History shows that capitalists, like wars, earthquakes, and floods, will always wreck our country -- the only difference being natural disasters don't also rob us in the process.

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The Real Roots of the Financial Crisis

Brian Whetten | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Economy, Resources, Greed, Wall Street Blowup, Unconcsious Capitalism, Addiction, Financial Crisis, Capitalism, Wall Street, China Mao, Financial Meltdown, Life, Conscious Business, Addiction to Wealth, Brian Whetten, Recession, Conspicous Consumption, Businsss, Per Person Income, Living News
Brian Whetten

We've pointed a lot of fingers at a lot of targets, including bankers, regulators, and homeowners. But none of these explanations speak to the deeper roots of the crisis.

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Capitalism - The Gift That Keeps On Taking - Part III

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Wall Street Bailout, Government Bailout, Bailout, Crime, Corporations, Corporate America, Economy, George W. Bush, Obama Administration, Socialism, Corporate Power, Business, Capitalism, Corporate Greed, Politics News
Michael Gene Sullivan

Capitalism is self-sustaining like a cancer - it sustains itself as it kills it's host.

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From Now on, Equality Needs to Be Our Organizing Principle

Johann Hari | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Stress, Friendship, Consumerism, Class Warfare, United States, Capitalism, Obesity, Portugal, Sweden, World News
Johann Hari

At the end of the failed age of market fundamentalism, the long-suppressed democratic cry for equality is emerging once again.

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My Friend Ian Browde's Right Brain Reflections

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Jackson, Communism, Economic Downturn, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Recession, World, Sustainability, The White House, Local Economy, Me Generation, Anti-Soviet Hysteria, Triple Bottom Line, Lt. Colonel Oliver North, Capitalism, The 80s, Los Angeles Olympic Games, Ivan Boesky, Madonna, Politics, Socialism, Social Capitalism, Economic Crisis, Micro Economies, Gorbachev, Community, Green, Iran Contra, Oliver North, Donald Trump, Economy, Leona Helmsley, Soviets, Right Brain, Brain, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

With the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president, the world has entered a new economic context, "social or community capitalism," which will become our paradigm by 2015 - 2020.

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