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Sociologics: President Obama at Notre Dame

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A journal of media, marketing, and money. I write this from Minneapolis, MN, USA. Email me. Monday, May 18, 2009. President Obama at Notre Dame. This generation, your generation is the one that must find a path back to prosperity and decide how we respond to a global economy that left millions behind even before the most recent crisis hit — an economy where greed and short-term thinking were too often rewarded at the expense of fairness, and diligence, and an honest day's work. Read the whole speech here.

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Sociologics: The financial crisis in two dimensions

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A journal of media, marketing, and money. I write this from Minneapolis, MN, USA. Email me. Tuesday, March 17, 2009. The financial crisis in two dimensions. There are lots of ways to think about any problem. One way of thinking about the current financial crisis is to conceive it across two dimensions - the national and the global. Is the American consumer burned-out or on a short-term hiatus? What do I mean? Here's my issue: what impact will this type of monetary expansion have on the way foreign invest...

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Sociologics: One of my favorite writers is Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

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A journal of media, marketing, and money. I write this from Minneapolis, MN, USA. Email me. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. One of my favorite writers is Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl. Questions like this seem to motivate her writing. Here's. A sample of what I mean. Check her out. If you like to spend about $12 or $14 for an entrée, rejoice! The credit crunch has brought value back to a city near you. In St. Paul, the new value restaurant is Pop! The two exclamation points are theirs, not mine. Pop! Before this pare...

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Sociologics: The quality of money

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A journal of media, marketing, and money. I write this from Minneapolis, MN, USA. Email me. Sunday, May 10, 2009. The quality of money. I hear people around me worrying about the quantity of money the government is printing. I not only hear the talk, I worry about it too. But the real question is about the quality of that money. Are we printing credible dollars? Will people, organizations, nations still want to invest in our money? Do they perceive the dollar as a quality, credible investment? A brave ne...

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Sociologics: What we can do with 3 trillion dollars

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A journal of media, marketing, and money. I write this from Minneapolis, MN, USA. Email me. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. What we can do with 3 trillion dollars. As you might guess then, I sometimes think there is a case for a guaranteed national income. There is a problem though: the idea is socialistic, and the belief that socialism is a system that leads to social stagnation, while perhaps just a theory, holds a lot of sway over a lot of Americans, and yes, including me. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Sociologics: James Fallows betting on China

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A journal of media, marketing, and money. I write this from Minneapolis, MN, USA. Email me. Monday, April 13, 2009. James Fallows betting on China. China faces big problems, and its modern history has been marked by the unforeseen. Perhaps we will look back at the spectacle and choreography of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies as the last time the world thought there was no limit to what China could achieve. But I am betting the other way. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Topics I come back to.

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Sociologics: What in the world is liquidity?

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A journal of media, marketing, and money. I write this from Minneapolis, MN, USA. Email me. Sunday, April 12, 2009. What in the world is liquidity? For some reason every time I start my computer this page. Drops down as one of the most recent websites I've visited. It's a NY Times article from May 2nd, 2008. The headline is. Fed takes steps to add liquidity. The re-construction of economic thought. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Topics I come back to. A brave new world of consumption. Barry Ritholtz...

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Daycares Don't Care - Links

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How Can a Daycare. You don't like Daycare? Personal and communitarian reflections from famous Israeli-American sociologist, Amitai Etzioni. Canada Family Action Coalition. A non-profit citizens' action organization to inform, equip and mobilize Canadians to defend and promote Judeo-Christian principles in law, politics, and society. Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The CSPCC's focus is on the long-term consequences of inadequate care of very young children. Originating in Austr...

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Sociologics: What I recently read that was really good

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A journal of media, marketing, and money. I write this from Minneapolis, MN, USA. Email me. Wednesday, May 20, 2009. What I recently read that was really good. The Death of Kings, an essay by Nick Paumgarten in the May 18th New Yorker. To read it online requires subscription at the website. Click on the picture to view the first two pages and read the first few paragraphs. Hopefully they'll lift the subscription requirement, because I recommend anyone read it. Labels: What Im reading. Obama and the public.

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Sociologics: How does China think?

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A journal of media, marketing, and money. I write this from Minneapolis, MN, USA. Email me. Friday, May 15, 2009. How does China think? What is China's stance toward the world? What does it plan to do? What kind of a world actor is it, will it be, does it want to be? What are its intellectual orientations toward its social and natural environments? In today's NY Times. T]he rate at which greenhouse gas emissions are rising is matching or exceeding the worst-case scenarios. After all, they declared, the W...