It may seem paradoxical, even perverse, to suggest that the Republican party is soon going to have to abandon free market ideology. But this is quite likely true, and it may be the political weapon that will marginalize Democrats for a generation.
America's biggest problem by far is that capital spending in new production facilities that create jobs and real products never occurred, not even after trillions of dollars were thrown at banks in the global financial system.
When I wanted to make money and solve a social problem at the same time, I found that my primary motivation was split. I ended up establishing a non-profit instead, so here's what you need to know if you find yourself in the same boat.
When I was growing up there was shame. Shame is defined as, "a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior." But this feeling seems to have disappeared from the way we do business in this country.
Try these tips and be ready for a double dip recession, or thrive if it doesn't happen.
The standard justification is that "It's in the contract that the bank gets the house if you default." There are three much stronger justifications.
Even good communicators average only about half their time listening. Yet experts assert that most people listen with only about 25 percent of their attention, hear about 25 percent of what is said, and after two months, remember only half of that.
Social media has changed the face of communications today. Gone is the power found in the faceless corporation that relies on putting walls between itself and customers to create a feeling of credibility and importance.
Much of what motivates supporters of an investigation of Google at the Federal Trade Commission is not a genuine desire to protect consumers, but a desire to protect competitors from Google's intense competitive nature.
In an era when workers rights are on the chopping block even in the public sector, this is a chance to strengthen labor rights in the private sector, where a multi-decade war on the labor movement has decimated most unions.
Argue all you want about the release of 60 million barrels of crude oil from the International Energy Agency, but one thing you can't argue is the level of its effectiveness.
I certainly respect Twitter's need to sell advertising. Without ads, the company couldn't stay in business. But the question is whether they can come up with an advertising strategy that isn't intrusive.
Given the fragility of our economic recovery, I feel compelled to speak out in opposition to well meaning, but potentially disastrous, suggestions for having government tell a private company how to enhance the quality of its output.
Due to fear, self-loathing, bad skin or a combination, freelancers will talk themselves in circles and bore a potential client into inaction. The prospect is going to think you are indecisive, and if I am not mistaken, we are supposed to be professionals.
Historically youth radicalize when disparities between expectations and reality persist. Young people need jobs in America, as is the case around the world, and we shouldn't wait for mass protests before taking serious action.
It is easy to attack credit cards and credit card issuers. Many issuers have been overly aggressive in marketing credit cards. But, ultimately, the use of a credit card is an individual decision.
Innovators find each other and accomplish great things with a little help from their friends. And it should be remembered that eco-innovation doesn't live within borders, and that this is just the beginning.
Finally, President Obama has done what he should have done long ago, and what he promised he would do during his campaign. He is releasing 30 million barrels of oil and sending the speculators running for the hills.
This week, the SEC settled with JP Morgan Chase. And we, the taxpayers -- more aptly known as their oxygen supply -- have nothing much to show for it.
David Isenberg, 2011.06.24
