Advertising Works: That’s Why Companies Spend So Much Money On It

This year 29 entrants will vie to qualify for the grand prize race for the 10 million dollar Automotive XPrize to be held next year in 2010. There will be two categories: mainstream (four passenger and at least a 200 mile range), and alternative (two passenger and at least a 100 mile range). The winners [...]

Looming Challenges

People who make money from fomenting and exaggerating political controversy are having a marvelous time with the “stimulus package” President Obama just signed into law. But all the boom and sparkle of the fireworks they generate is, I believe, drawing attention away from issues that need clear analysis and appropriate action.
It should be clear, for [...]

Bail Out Skipper! (before it’s too late!)

I live in metro Detroit, so believe me I understand the world of economic hurt the working class is in – we have already lived through several years of “recession” here. (I wonder how bad it has to get before the economists will call it a depression?) I also understand how many of us [...]

Are we Number 1?

Yes, if the question is “Who uses the most energy in the world?” We do! Or “Who values competitiveness the most?” We do! Or “Who spends more on the military than almost everyone else in the world put together?” We do! Or “Who has the biggest percentage of their population in prison?” We do! We’re [...]

Them That’s Got Shall Get

A large and prosperous middle class has long been a hallmark of America. Not for us the split between royalty and peasants.
Well, those days are gone.
In 1980, corporate CEO pay was 40 times that of the average worker in America. Now it is about 400 times as much, and about 800 times as much as [...]