How do we know that our tax dollars end up serving the nation’s and communities’ good, rather than for other purposes, or donations to a not-for-profit, or investments in a social venture fund? Its a dilemma whether the social capital is raised widely or are created by the social elite. Even organizations that have governing [...]
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Ensuring that social capital remains social
Posted in Assertively Responsible Investing, General economic, Sustainable Economics on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The responsibilities of capital
Posted in Assertively Responsible Investing on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We live in an “ownership society”. The owners own. With the shift in retirement management responsibility socially from employers to self-managed 401(k) plans, 403(b), IRA’s and equivalent, MANY individuals see themselves as owners (if only for the returns of index mutual funds). Among the idealistic baby boomers (talking about my generation), there was a class [...]
