I’m a liberal capitalist. I believe very deeply in capitalism, but with rules and referees. Just like I don’t believe that football should be played without rules and referees, I don’t think that business should be played without rules and referees. The True Story of Capitalism But, there’s a nasty…

5 Big Lessons Everyone Should Learn Focus on how you will bring in money. Your product must sell. Your charity must collect donations. If you forget about bringing in money, you’re dead. Build something bigger than you. Build something where lots of other people will care, invest and work….

Inversions and Phantom Fiduciary Duties – PracticeLaw.com That argument that big CEOs make to justify moving their company nationalities overseas in order to satisfy their fiduciary duty to minimize taxes? Yeah, that’s bullshit. CEOs and Boards also have no fiduciary duty to maximize profits, particularly short term profits. CEOs and Boards have a…

There is a growing problem in this country with the lack of accountability and the growing acceptance of a fuck-you-I-got-mine mentality among a certain class of men. It’s almost like the husband with a wife and kids at home who spends cash on booze, drugs and women, then blames his wife…

Check out the Top 28 American Corporate Tax Avoiders –Fortune.com Fortune – Fortune – listed the top 28 US corporate tax avoiders. Perrigo, a company that provides a substantial amount of jobs and activity in my beloved Allegan, MI, is on the list. Seeing Perrigo on this list made me think…

Where Does $2 Trillion in Subsidies for the Wealthiest Hide in Plain Sight? – Truth-Out.org The special treatment that our tax code gives to the 1 percent is creating a deeper divide between the rich and poor in the United States. Check out the Roosevelt Institute’s new white paper on tax reform. Read more.

The Secret of Effective Motivation – NYTimes.com Did you hear the earth shake? Because the lesson from this study ought to rattle a few institutions. A bunch of researchers studied cadets at West Point and discovered this: people do best when they are motivated to please themselves – to achieve a…

Your browser does not support the audio tag…listen to the whole show here The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Hobby Lobby case means less freedom for anyone who doesn’t own a huge corporation. It essentially puts the beliefs and desires of monopoly owners above everyone else’s and it says…

What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word “startup”? You probably think of all the new tech companies that are popping up all over the country, but especially in Silicon Valley; college grads and dropouts all hoping to come up with the next Facebook…

Oklahoma – JimHightower.com The Koch Brothers fought back against people installing solar panels on their roofs, Homeowners who produce their own solar power from their privately owned roofs and homes will now pay a penalty. Seriously. Can anyone doubt that fighting our way into the future will take a revolution in…