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Thanksgiving 2023

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Retailers Scaring Up Record Sales for Halloween

Patricia O’Connell
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Back-to-School 2023: More Browsing, Spending, and Instore Visits

Grace Williams
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Nashville Nonprofit Turns Neighbors into Entrepreneurs
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The Chef and the Dentist Caring for Philadelphia’s Immigration Population
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From Investment Banker to Resilience Expert
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The Defender of Capitalism – A Conversation with Dr. Rainer Zitelmann
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Home Health Adapts Post-Pandemic in Push for Efficiency

Bill Borden
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Real-World “Barbies”
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The Colorful Life of Wall Street’s First Female Stockbroker
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Young People and Capitalism

Patricia O’Connell
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Life is Sweet for Founder of Sugar Substitute Supplant
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A Women’s History Month Timeline
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Women Entrepreneurs: The Long Walk to Success

Patricia O’Connell
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Isabelle Simi: Inspiring a Legacy of Women in Wine

Kathryn Tully
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Jackie Robinson: No. 42 Was No. 1 – On the Field and Off

Patricia O’Connell
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Connecting the Dots With Bourbon Maven Tomeka Purcell

Grace Williams
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Zelda Wynn Valdes Dressed Divas, Dancers, and Bunnies

Patricia O’Connell
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Retailers’ Excess Inventory a Gift for Holiday Shoppers

Kathryn Tully
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Beep, Beep, Boop: A Practical Look at Retail and the Internet of Things

Grace Williams
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Bizstarters Helps People Start Over by Starting Up
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Paper Producers Breathe a Sigh of “Releaf”
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Pantsing the Competition: How a USMC Vet Pioneered Tactical Gear for Women

Grace Williams
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Getting Back to Black Friday

Creighton Abrams
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Making Sustainability Sustainable: Lessons from One Family’s Farm
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FAO Schwarz Welcomes Target to Its World

Patricia O’Connell
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National Hispanic Heritage Month

Creighton Abrams
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The NFL: The King of American Professional Sports

Creighton Abrams
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Back to the Classroom: Parents Look to Spend Big, Offset Inflation, and Prize Well-Being

Grace Williams
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Getting Hot in the Kitchen: Pickleball Comes of Age

Grace Williams
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Our Wine Collection
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The Business of BBQ: Summer 2022 Edition

Chris Latham
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Feast on Insights from these Food Entrepreneurs
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When the Mud is the Muse: Selling Fine Art to Construction Clients

Grace Williams
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The Booming Tech Market for Boomers and Beyond

Natalie Burg
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What’s Better Than Stakeholder Capitalism?

Warren Stephens
Chairman, President and CEO of Stephens Inc.
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Fintech Entrepreneurs Help Low-income Consumers Thrive

Natalie Burg
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The Legacy of Gilded Age Heroine Clara Barton

Patricia O’Connell
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The Empire That Lice Built: Connecting The Dots With Fairy Tales Hair Care’s Risa Barash

Grace Williams
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Women Entrepreneurs in Agriculture: Breaking Through the Grass Ceiling

Chris Latham
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What If Farming Was a 9-to-5? This Farmer Is Rethinking the Business Model

Natalie Burg
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Venture Philanthropy: Research Bridge Partners

Chris Latham
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The Nashville Black Market: Solving A Costly Storefront Dilemma, With Carlos Partee

Grace Williams
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The Liquid Gold of Stress Relief: Connecting the Dots with Puneet Nanda

Grace Williams
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Print-Book Sales Tell a Good Story

Tom Gilbert
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Outsmarting 2021’s Supply Chain Grinch

Grace Williams
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Philanthropy: “The Heart of Capitalism”
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The New Workforce Economy: What Employers Need to Recruit and Retain Top Talent

Chris Latham
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“Unmet Demand Creates Opportunity”: A Q&A with Zach Lawless

Natalie Burg
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The Trade Show Must Go On

Brian Scott Lipton
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Advances in Online Payments Bring Opportunities and Challenges for Businesses

Chris Latham
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Students, Retailers Face a New Type of Back-to-School Season

Grace Williams
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Ron Popeil, a 20th – and 21st Century Capitalist

Patricia O’Connell
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Sizzling Summer Underway for Vacation Travel Businesses

Tom Gilbert
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The Business of BBQ

Chris Latham
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Will Sustainability Transform the Fast-Food Industry?

Natalie Burg
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For Olympians, Winning is About More Than Medals

Bennett Voyles
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Connecting the Dots: Keeping a Main Street in Michigan Alive

Grace Williams
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Visitors flocking to national, state parks this summer

Tom Gilbert
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Athletes as Investors and Entrepreneurs

Patricia O’Connell
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Diversity in Advertising on the Rise

Tom Gilbert
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From Socially Responsible to Socially Just

Natalie Burg
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Cloud Infrastructure: Managing Data for the Remote-Work Revolution

Chris Latham
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Corporate Philanthropy Q&A: Can Companies Get Better at Doing Good?

Chris Latham
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The Sweet Life: Connecting the Choco-Dots with Michael Schneider

Grace Williams
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They Say It Can’t Be Done: Examining the Need for Regulatory Reform

Christina Elson
Executive Director, Center for the Study of Capitalism at Wake Forest University
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Learning About Money the Hard Way

Patricia O’Connell
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Author Q&A: Accountable: The Rise of Citizen Capitalism

Patricia O’Connell
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Beyond Barbie: The Legacy of Mattel Founder Ruth Handler

Patricia O’Connell
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Getting Real: Reality Shows Are Essential to TV’s Future

Tom Gilbert
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Signs of a Golf Renaissance Amid the Pandemic

Chris Latham
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Remembering the “Mother” of Monopoly

Bennett Voyles
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Big Companies Give Big: Responding to COVID-19 and Social Justice

Chris Latham
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The Entrepreneurial Type

Bennett Voyles
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In These (Brown) Shoes: Throwing Shade at Ballet

Grace Williams
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John H. Johnson: Changing Publishing – and History

Patricia O’Connell
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Small Donors Build a Big Legacy for the African American History Museum

Chris Latham
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Wake Forest’s Center for the Study of Capitalism: Can Capitalism Really Be “For Humanity?”

Christina Elson
Executive Director, Center for the Study of Capitalism at Wake Forest University
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From Kitchen Juicer to Whole Foods: Connecting the Dots with Laura Taylor

Grace Williams
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LEGO: Not Just Another Brick in the Mall

Bennett Voyles
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Trends Reveal the Brighter Side of a Dark Year

Bennett Voyles
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Collaborative Capitalism in the Fight Against COVID-19
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Forging Expansive Digital Connections for Better Healthcare
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2020 Holiday Season a Logistical Challenge at Every Stage

Chris Latham
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Holiday Shoppers Tighten Their Belts – and Look Homeward

Grace Williams
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Envisioning the New Normal for Leisure

Chris Latham
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Beyond Meaningful Work: The General Store

Grace Williams
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Envisioning the New Normal for Travel: Airlines and Hotels

Chris Latham
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How a Wine Entrepreneur Avoided a Pandemic Hangover

Grace Williams
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Can Minority Business Owners Find Partners in Big Banks?

Alyssa Abkowitz
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Working Home Alone – Together

Bennett Voyles
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The Pet Economy’s Pandemic Boost

Alyssa Abkowitz
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Telehealth Takes Off

Russ Banham
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Retail Therapy: The Pandemic Edition

Alyssa Abkowitz
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The Once-Solid Rental Housing Market Shows Its Cracks

Alyssa Abkowitz
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The Return to Suburbia

Alyssa Abkowitz
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Re-Imagining Retail and Industrial Spaces Amid – and After – the Pandemic

Chris Latham
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Agility: Navigating the Unknown

Leo M. Tilman
President and CEO, Tilman & Company; Author of Agility and Financial Darwinism
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Commercial Real Estate: Uncertainty Abounds. Do Bargains?

Chris Latham
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CEO Stories: Patricia O’Connell, Podcast Host and Editor of “This Is Capitalism”

Patricia O’Connell
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Real Estate: Shelter from the Storm

Alyssa Abkowitz
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Work From Home: An Uncertain Future for Office-Space Owners, Renters

Chris Latham
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Fitness Goes Home Again During COVID-19

Grace Williams
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The Women at the Top of Great American Family Businesses

Chris Latham
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Lessons from Survivors: How Businesses Can Beat a Historic Crisis

Chris Latham
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Business: One Solution to COVID-19

Matthew A. Waller
Dean of the Walton School of Business
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Rock Town Distillery Rolls into Hand Sanitizer

Patricia O’Connell
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Connecting the Dots with Fitz Frames: From Trendy Glasses to PPE

Grace Williams
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“Mr. Lucky” on Success and Giving Back

Patricia O’Connell
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Giving in the Time of Covid-19: Millie.com

Patricia O’Connell
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Charles and Ray Eames: A Design for Working

Bennett Voyles
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Healthcare in Rural Areas: A Philanthropic Prescription

Chris Latham
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With Covid-19, Work Is Where the Home Is
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How Capitalism Shaped Philanthropy in Germany

Bennett Voyles
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Summit Golf Brands Shifts from Shirts to Masks

Patricia O’Connell
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Delivering Smiles During COVID-19

Denise Bedell
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Entrepreneurship and COVID-19: Shop In Place Chicago

Chris Latham
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Taking Venture Philanthropy to the Next Level: Nonprofits Incubating Businesses

Chris Latham
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Dining Bonds: Investing in the Future of Restaurants

Patricia O’Connell
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Filling Economic Gaps In the World’s Rural Areas: Bridges to Prosperity

Chris Latham
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Cupid and Capitalism: Valentine’s Day Is for Spenders

Patricia O’Connell
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How “Food as Software” Will Disrupt the Food Industry

Jennifer Elizabeth Brunton
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Bacon, Eggs, and Public Relations: How PR Pioneer Edward L. Bernays Changed America

Bennett Voyles
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Communities in Pursuit of “Economic Clusters”
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Should You Start a Foundation?

Patricia O’Connell
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Toys for Tots: Seven Decades of Holiday Magic

Grace Williams
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Milton Hershey: Sweet Dreams of Helping Others

Patricia O’Connell
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The Future of B2B Sales in a AI-Driven World

Bennett Voyles
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Create Little Rock: Getting Young People on Board

Jay Chesshir
President & CEO, Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
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Connecting the Dots with Kent Stetson: From a Failed Art Show to the Red Carpet

Grace Williams
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Communities In The Midst of a Renaissance

Chris Latham
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Going Solo: Melissa Kieling on Being a Single-Parent Entrepreneur

Rebecca Brace
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Philanthropy Spotlight: The All Stars Project

Chris Latham
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“Capitalism Is a Successful Means of Serving Society”: Q&A with Peter Georgescu

Patricia O’Connell
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What Retail Apocalypse? Back-to-School is a Multichannel Shopping Spree

Grace Williams
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Entrepreneurial Summer Camps Teach Business Basics and More

Russ Banham
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Green Book: The Enduring Legacy of Black Businesses for Travelers During Jim Crow

Chris Latham
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“Competition Keeps Us All Sharp”: Q&A with Craig Hall

Patricia O’Connell
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Man and the Moon: Invention, Innovation, and Entertainment
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Corporate Conscience Thrives at Businesses of All Sizes

Chris Latham
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Second-Halfers Give Millennials a Run for Their Entrepreneurial Money

Patricia O’Connell
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Developing the Employee You Want Into the Employee You Need

Chris Latham
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World War II and “The Golden Age of Capitalism”

Patricia O’Connell
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Embracing the Circular Economy: How Companies Can “Do Well by Doing Good”

Russ Banham
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Business Lessons from D-Day

Patricia O’Connell
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Live Up to the Hype: Don’t Become the Next Fyre Festival

Chris Latham
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Cash Is Still King When Teaching Kids about Money

Grace Williams
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Competition, Collaboration, and Commerce: Financial Literacy 101

Patricia O’Connell
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Empowerment Through Connection: Patriot Broadband

Grace Williams
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Putting Financial Literacy to the Test

Warren Stephens
Chairman, President and CEO of Stephens Inc.
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To be or not to B Corp?

Bennett Voyles
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Naked Wines: Changing the Game for Wine Drinkers – and Winemakers

Patricia O’Connell
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How Howard University and HBCUs Foster Young Entrepreneurs

Chris Latham
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Coming to an Empty Space Near You…For A Limited Time

Grace Williams
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How Young Entrepreneurs Are Finding Their Footing in the Sneaker Market

Patricia O’Connell
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‘Tis the Season: Giving and Giving Back

Patricia O’Connell
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Peace Through Profit: How Capitalism Helps Restore and Revive Former Warzones

Denise Bedell
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Relationship Is the Solution: Combat Flip Flops

Grace Williams
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Experiential Marketing in the Digital Age

Des'Tini LaGrone
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Dr. Bessie Moore: A Financial Literacy Pioneer

Patricia O’Connell and Michael Munevar
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All in the Family: Why Some Family Businesses Thrive – and Others Don’t

Patricia O’Connell
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Economics Arkansas’ National, First-Place Winning INVESTWRITE Essay, Spring 2018

Mariah Roberts
Fifth Grader, Arnold Drive Elementary School
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Arkansas teachers give students a better start through economics education

Project Invested
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How to Build a Diverse Workforce for the Global Economy

Jan Alexander
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Community Banks: “Making Capitalism Possible for Everyone”

Patricia O’Connell
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Seeds of Change: How Women Owners Are Driving Business Growth in the Wellness Sector

Denise Bedell
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Uplifting The Home Country

Chris Latham
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From Finance to Creative Entrepreneur

Chris Latham
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Success Isn’t Just for the Young

Chris Latham
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Want to Be Your Own Boss Someday? First, Know Your Finances

Jan Alexander
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Stephens and Economics Arkansas Partner to Create PreK-12 Free-Enterprise Education Program
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Philanthropy and Capitalism: You Can’t Have One Without the Other

Patricia O’Connell
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Category Creators: Building a Market From Scratch

Denise Bedell
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Sustainability Equals Profitability: How Westrock Coffee Transforms Lives in Rwanda

Denise Bedell
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Cookies & Capitalism

Patricia O’Connell
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Stephens Inc. Launches Second Installment of Multimedia Campaign Titled “This Is Capitalism”
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How Samasource Reverses Poverty One Job at a Time

Jan Alexander
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Knowledge-Based Contractors: The Gig Economy Goes Upscale

Jan Alexander
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The Walmart Effect

Matthew A. Waller
Dean of the Walton School of Business
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Capitalism for the Greater Good: How Millennials Are Changing the Narrative

Denise Bedell
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Viking Founder Fred Carl, Jr.: Cooking with Gas
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The Rise of the Celebrity Chefpreneur

Chris Latham
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Gentle Giants: Ivory Ella Capitalizes on the World’s Fascination With Elephants

John Allen
CEO, Ivory Ella
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That’s Show Business

Patricia O’Connell
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Jack Stephens: Vision and Passion

Curt Bradbury
Chief Operating Officer, Stephens Inc.
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Funding the Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs

Vicki Saunders
Founder, SheEO
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Why Do the Young Reject Capitalism?

Warren Stephens
Chairman, President and CEO of Stephens Inc.
Umber Ahmad
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Capitalism: Creating Opportunity and Wealth to Make a Difference

Umber Ahmad
Owner and Creator, Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery NYC
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Millennials: The Entrepreneurial Generation
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Digital Nomads: Reinventing the Travel Industry for a New Generation

Marisa Costa
Director of NEXT, Protravel International & Tzell Travel Group
Miko Branch
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Building a Ground-Breaking Business From the Ground Up

Miko Branch
Co-founder and CEO, Miss Jessie's
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Capitalism: Freedom, Responsibility, and Accountability

Erik Olsson
CEO, Mobile Mini