Christopher Marquis, Author at SOCAP Global

In recent years, businesses have been innovating not just to create the best products or services but also to advance better business practices that make the economy more equitable and inclusive. And many investors are helping to fund these innovations.

Long-Term Stock Exchange Seeks to Upend Short-Termism in the Markets Investors seeking to shift the economy to a model of stakeholder capitalism may often feel limited by the tools at their disposal. Traditional stock exchanges, for example, often reward investors

As a system, investing has often upheld systemic inequalities in the marketplace. In 2019, only 2.8% of U.S. startup venture capital went to businesses with all women co-founders, which is actually (and sadly) a record high. Even when combined with

A core tenet of American capitalism has long been that a public company’s foremost duty is to generate profits for its shareholders. The logic behind this belief is powerful: shareholders own the company and have wagered hard-earned capital on its