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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

One initiative that the Foundation for Enterprise Education favored in the 1940s and early 1950s was called Spiritual Mobilization, an organization that sought to persuade Christian clergy “that unregulated capitalism was not merely compatible with Christian values but founded upon them” (7). That markets work and public policies fail.

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Why You Should Focus Your Fundraising Efforts on Generating Gifts of Wealth (from Assets) Not on Disposable Income (from Credit Cards, Checks, or Cash)

iMarketSmart

Wealth comes from owning assets that go up in value. Wealth comes from owning assets that go up in value. People buy assets that go up in value by, Picking the right assets. Using personal effort to increase asset value. Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy, 14, 169-195. [4] It’s called a house.

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Corporate Capture—Can We Find a Way Out?

NonProfit Quarterly

This is neoliberalism, which is best understood as a politics in which the state acts to support the concentration of wealth among an elite few through its taxation, spending, and regulatory policies. 41 Mitchell also emphasizes the need to replace the corporate-dominated economy with an economy rooted in values of solidarity.

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Excessive Wealth Has Run Amok—This Must Stop

NonProfit Quarterly

It’s time to change public policy to do away with excessive wealth and its corrosive effects on our lives, our society, and our democracy. To interrupt this pattern, public policy must, at minimum, implement policies that tax wealth to cut down on the excessive concentration of wealth over time.