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Ohio strikes blow against gerrymandering
Richard Gunther, Ohio State University On November 3, Ohio voters approved by a margin of 71% to 29% a constitutional amendment that will greatly reduce, or even eliminate, the gerrymandering of state...
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CALL FOR ENTRIES: Greed! A Video Contest from Econ4
The Econ4 network of teachers, professors, practitioners, students and others are working to shift how economics is understood, taught and practiced. We’re now launching a video contest to crowdsource...
View ArticleFORTUNE: What the Presidential Candidates Are Failing to Address About CEO Pay
Phil Kotler’s latest article in FORTUNE asks us to ask more questions. In the last Republican TV debate, Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief, Gerald Baker, put the following question to presidential...
View ArticleBernie Sanders: “To Rein In Wall Street, Fix the Fed”
BY BERNIE SANDERS in the New York Times: WALL STREET is still out of control. Seven years ago, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department bailed out the largest financial institutions in this...
View ArticleShould Securities Transactions be Taxed?
BY PHIL KOTLER – My latest post on the Huffington Post channel asks whether the Federal Government should raise more tax money and do some good in the process by placing a financial transaction tax...
View ArticleAre CEO’s Overpaid? Ask Jamie Dimon!
BY PHIL KOTLER – We just got the news that JP Morgan decided to raise CEO Jamie Dimon’s pay by 35 percent! He will take home $27 million for 2015! The JPMorgan directors think that Jamie is singularly...
View ArticleHuff Post: “Death of the Shareholder and the Rise of the CEO Paymachine”
BY MARK BLESSINGTON – My latest article in the Huffington Post makes the point that stockholders no longer add economic value when it comes to corporate funding. They have been replaced by banks; these...
View ArticleThe Sad Legacy of Compromise Democrats
I call this the Era of Compromise Democrats. From an economic perspective, the last Democrat to really fight for the people was Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was even brave enough to stand up to the...
View ArticleNeeded: A New Set of Income Tax Brackets
At what income does the middle class end and the rich begin? Hillary defined the rich as starting with incomes over $250,000. Bryce Covert, in an article, claimed that the middle class ends at...
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Why is it so difficult to rein in Wall Street?
BY SUHAIB RIAZ, University of Massachusetts Boston; Sean Buchanan, University of Manitoba, and Trish Ruebottom, Brock University Reforming Wall Street has become a key issue in the ongoing presidential...
View ArticleNo-Compromise: Why We (The People) Can’t Take It Anymore
BY MARK BLESSINGTON I long for a reemergence of an FDR-like era. FDR was a no compromise Democrat. He was even willing to take on the Supreme Court. It happened before, and it can happen again, if we...
View ArticleThird Wave Capitalism – An Interview with John Ehrenreich
Where did the wheels come off our Democracy? Check out our interview with John Ehrenreich on Huffington Post >>
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Democracy in Decline: An Interview with Phil Kotler
Philip Kotler’s upcoming book – Democracy in Decline: Rebuilding its Future describes 14 symptoms of a sick democracy: #1. Voter Literacy & Turnout #2. Quality of Political Leadership #3....
View ArticleAre We Kissing Democracy Goodbye?
BY PHILIP KOTLER & CHRISTIAN SARKAR – As President-Elect Trump and his “Corporate Cabinet” take over Washington – the American public will witness radical changes taking place in our institutions,...
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The Real Value of Government Support for the Arts in the U.S.
BY JOANNE BERNSTEIN “May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.” —President John Adams, upon moving into the new White House. All of us who are passionate about the arts are repelled...
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China steps up as US steps back from global leadership
FLYNT L. LEVERETT, Pennsylvania State University and ROBERT SPRINKLE, University of Maryland Chinese President Xi Jinping’s appearance at last week’s World Economic Forum shows global leadership is...
View ArticleLobbying: The Scourge of Good Government
BY PHILP KOTLER Lobbying describes the effort of lobbyists to influence decisions made by government officials such as legislators, regulators or judges. The term came from the fact that “influence...
View ArticleThe ‘Terrorist’ in the White House
BY PHILIP KOTLER The US has been downgraded in The Economist’s Democracy Index. It is now in the “flawed democracy” category. What is most disturbing is the President Trump’s attack on the idea of...
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Why We Worship False Idols, Always Have, And Always Will
[Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Global Imperial Plutocratic/Kleptocratic Brave New Fantasyworld of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump] BY SCOTT DEWEY – As long as humans worship the...
View ArticleKulturkampf: Trump’s War on the Arts
BY PHILIP KOTLER – Republicans and conservatives claim that they are the party defending American culture. But the fact is, they are not culture saviors. They have been at war with the Arts for some...
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