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The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Alyce Lomax	A Capitalism Reality Check With the economy floundering, and the bear market growling at the door, a crisis in confidence probably makes many people look at capitalism look like a diabolical thief in the night.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Daily Walk of Fame: Corporate Heroes Let's take a moment to celebrate the good guys. Solid, well-run companies with smart, ethical, passionate management are far more likely to succeed over the long haul.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Heck of a Job! Here's a Bonus! Shareholders need to start pushing back on compensation policies.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2009 Tom Gardner	Hundreds Should Go to Jail The banking sector has wiped out its investors, is decimating companies that rely on credit, and is primarily responsible for our rising unemployment, and yet, the "leaders" of these organizations have continued to pay themselves obscenely.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Fool Awards: Must-Read of the Year 2008 was a terrible year. However, some words of investing wisdom rose like phoenixes from the ashes of what we used to call Wall Street. Take a look at the nominees for Motley Fool's Must-Read of the Year award.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2009 Alyce Lomax	The Future of Capitalism Whole Foods' CEO outlines a better way to make money. At its core, a conscious capitalist endeavor believes that an organization is about more than making money.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Alyce Lomax	The Truth About CEO Compensation While CEOs fulfill very important roles, they should remember that they are employees, too. They must answer to shareholders, instead of their own greed and hubris.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2008 Morgan Housel	This Wall Street CEO Earned His Pay It's easy to boo Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain for his colossal payday, but if there's one Wall Street executive who actually deserves what he's asking for, it's him.
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The Motley Fool January 7, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Tough Times, Great Opportunities As disappointed as you may be about what's transpired, and as concerned as you may be about the current state of the economy and what might happen going forward, you should still fervently believe in long-term, buy-and-hold investing.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Morgan Housel	First, Fire All the Bad Bankers One thing that most see eye to eye on is that management of bailed banks should be thrown out. And why not? Most employees can be fired for showing up late, while bank CEOs are still employed after obliterating hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth. It's appalling.
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The Motley Fool April 3, 2006 Alyce Lomax	The Un-Enrons We salute the companies leading the way in a post-Enron (and anti-Enron) world. Investors, take note: Blue Nile... Whole Foods Market...
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Reason October 2005	Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business A debate featuring Milton Friedman, Whole Foods' John Mackey, and Cypress Semiconductor's T.J. Rodgers in which these men lay out their personal vision of the social responsibility of business.
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