Monthly Archives: February 2012
Back in the Blogging Ether
So, a few weeks ago I had this tremendous idea; I would add my voice to the Internet ether by launching a blog. Thanks to WordPress, I was able to quickly and easily create and publish this blog and I rifled … Continue reading
200 children died while I wrote this post….
I’m always amazed at the ingenuity of humans. I’m also amazed at our ability to allow our fellow humans to suffer. I’m writing this post on a laptop computer that has more computing power than what was used to get Neil Armstrong, Buzz … Continue reading
Is capitalism dead in the 21st century?
© 2012 Richard Quest, CNN Anchor and Correspondent Davos, Switzerland (CNN) – With the world still shaking from the global economic earthquake, and suffering daily aftershocks from Europe, it is not surprising that the topic at Davos is whether capitalism is … Continue reading
Support Child Slavery – Eat a Chocolate Bar
I can’t think of anyone I’ve ever met that didn’t like some form of chocolate. I know there are people who do not like chocolate or have some form of allergy that prevents them from enjoying even the smallest morsel, … Continue reading
Crony capitalism is very different from the market economy
Column by John Kay, The Financial Times Sixty years of division of the Korean peninsula has created two states with very different standards of living in one country. The Korean example is pathological. The division of Germany resulted in two … Continue reading
Welcome to The Compassionate Capitalist
Welcome. Compassion is a virtue. Capitalism is an economic system. Compassionate Capitalism is the exercise of this economic system modulated by the emotional human capacity of compassion to bring improved standards of living, such as better availability of food, education, … Continue reading
The Compassionate Capitalist 