It’s Time For A Single-Payer Healthcare System
By PHILIP KOTLER – We have had “Obamacare” and now the Republicans have fallen short in replacing it with “Ryancare” (a.k.a. “Trumpcare”). Both plans have their unforgiving and deep critics and...
View ArticleFixing Obamacare—the Right Way
By MARK BLESSINGTON – The Republicans just failed to repeal and replace Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Most explanations miss why the Republican plan failed. The answer comes from...
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Progressive Taxes: Needed to Offset Income Inequality?
BY MARK BLESSINGTON – True or false: Are America’s wealthy few growing their wealth at the expense of everyone else? The question is not whether the rich are getting richer. The question is whether...
View ArticleBrand Confusion: What Do Our Political Parties Stand For?
BY PHILIP KOTLER and CHRISTIAN SARKAR – For many years, Americans held a clear idea of the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties. The Republicans were a party on the right, the...
View ArticleShould Government Put a Tax on ‘Sin’ Products and Services?
BY PHILIP KOTLER – Among the millions of products and services produced each year, there is a group loosely called ‘sin’ products. Think of “alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana” as major sin products....
View ArticleConsumption, Economic Growth And The Future Of Marketing
BY DIMITAR SABEV – From its very beginning marketing enhanced economic growth by provoking and channelling consumption, and in many cases this has been socially beneficial. There is growing evidence...
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A Manifesto for Just Capitalism
PHILIP KOTLER – Here is a brief manifesto for our priorities, if we mean to save Democracy in the USA. (via The Huffington Post)
View ArticleHow did we get to Charlottesville?
BY PHILIP KOTLER and CHRISTIAN SARKAR “If you are silent at a moment like this, if you do not condemn the racism you see through whatever channels and avenues you have, you can leave church now because...
View ArticleThe Closing of the Golden Door: When Fear Became U.S. Immigration Policy
BY PHILIP KOTLER – There is a hidden meaning behind Trump’s slogan to “Make America Great Again.” His slogan is code for “Let’s Make America White again.” READ: The Closing of the Golden Door: When...
View ArticleTrump THIS!: An Exhibition at the Art Car Museum
BY CHRISTIAN SARKAR – Even as Houston slowly recovers from Hurricane Harvey, there’s a buzz at the Art Car Museum on Heights Boulevard. Trump THIS! is a thought-provoking exhibition to say the least....
View ArticleThe Nightmare of Tax Reform
PHILIP KOTLER – This country badly needs serious and comprehensive tax reform but it is not likely to get it. The Republicans couldn’t get health reform or immigration reform and they are not likely...
View ArticleHow Well is American Capitalism Working?
PHILIP KOTLER – The answer to the question depends on who you ask. Read the article in The Huffington Post >>
View ArticleLife, Death, and Taxes in a Jobless World
BY PHILIP KOTLER – We all grew up in a world of work. To live, we had to work. And there was much work to do. We trusted that there will always be jobs requiring workers. Today a new disruption has...
View ArticleLamentations: Disaster-Capitalism, Puerto Rico, and the Art of Patrick...
BY CHRISTIAN SARKAR – The public has not forgotten Puerto Rico, and neither has Patrick McGrath Muñiz. After experiencing Harvey in Houston, and witnessing Hurricane Maria passing over Puerto Rico and...
View ArticleTrump’s One-Year Scorecard
BY PHILIP KOTLER – Donald Trump was elected U.S. President one year ago. He gave his first State of the Union address on January 31, 2018, lauding all the positives of his record. But what has he...
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11 Mayors Applauded for Refusing to Do Business With Companies That Don’t...
BY JAKE JOHNSON – “Town by town, city by city, local leaders are taking back everyone’s right to connect and communicate.” As advocacy groups and open internet defenders in Congress continue their...
View ArticleAmid #DeleteFacebook Fervor, Experts Say Time to Tackle Big Data Profiteers
by JAKE JOHNSON – A social media platform like this “is the ultimate surveillance tool: an addictive product that’s optimized to collect and analyze the intimate details of our lives.” While the...
View ArticleWill China’s State-Directed Capitalism Outperform the U.S.’s Unguided Democracy?
BY PHILIP KOTLER – China and the U.S. represent two opposing systems for running an economy. We will know in twenty years which system performs better in GDP growth, product quality, and innovation....
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Trump craves good press from the ‘fake news’ media – just look at his White...
BY JOSEPH GRAF, American University School of Communication Mainstream press coverage of President Trump has been unfavorable. Thomas Patterson of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center found that 80 percent of...
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