15 thoughts on “Macromarketing in the news”

1. admin Post authorFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:08 pm

   An interesting article in the NYTimes on how the “‘Culture of Poverty’ Makes a Comeback” to academic researchers and policy makers:

   http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/us/18poverty.html?ref=global-home&pagewanted=print

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2. admin Post authorFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:09 pm

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3. admin Post authorFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:09 pm

   A provocative article on ending poverty:

   https://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/the-global-poverty-paradox-15533?page=all

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4. admin Post authorFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:09 pm

   An interesting article about the market, technology and development in Africa:

   http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.6351583/

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5. admin Post authorFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:10 pm

   A clear, concise, and stimulating discussion of macro issues thrown up by the current ‘crisis of capitalism’:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0

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6. admin Post authorFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:10 pm

   An interesting post on what appears to be a successful approach to homelessness in the USA:

   http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/a-plan-to-make-homelessness-history/?src=me&ref=homepage

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7. Ben Wooliscroft February 15, 2011 at 1:44 pm

   A provocative article on the practise of short selling:

   http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/15/condemns-naked-short-selling-not-treasury

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8. Ben Wooliscroft March 2, 2011 at 12:16 pm

   A problem that we are not yet ready to address, the outsourcing of environmental costs:

   http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/guy-shrubsole/uk-isnt-reducing-emissions-we’re-outsourcing-them?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=201210&utm_campaign=Nightly_%272011-03-02%2005%3a30%3a00%27

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9. Ben Wooliscroft March 2, 2011 at 12:27 pm

   Rolling Stone’s article on the bankers behind the financial crisis is well worth reading:

   http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-isnt-wall-street-in-jail-20110216?print=true

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10. Ben Wooliscroft April 6, 2011 at 12:50 am

    There’s some interesting observations on social mobility in this OECD report:

    http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/3/62/44582910.pdf

    and this article:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/05/social-immobility-nick-clegg-internships/print

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11. Ben Wooliscroft April 6, 2011 at 9:28 pm

    An enlightened course in a business school (not that it’s the only one, but this one is going further):

    http://www.inc.com/magazine/20110401/best-courses-2011-sustainable-product-and-market-development-for-subsistence-marketplaces-at-the-university-of-illinois.html

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    1. Alan Bradshaw June 16, 2011 at 6:07 am

       Interesting but it seems to me that if sustainability and social equality are really to be taken seriously, this new programme might be more appropriate: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/modern-political-thought-violence-and-revolution-ma

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12. Ben Wooliscroft April 10, 2011 at 5:01 pm

    Joseph Stiglitz’s commentary on the state of income inequality in the USA, a macromarketing issue if ever there was one:

    http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/05/top-one-percent-201105?currentPage=all

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13. admin Post authorApril 26, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    An interesting position paper addressing “Is Equity the Superior Growth Model?”

    http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/04/prosperity_2050.html

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14. admin Post authorMay 8, 2011 at 12:28 am

    Interesting observations on the state of academia:

    http://www.thenation.com/print/article/160410/faulty-towers-crisis-higher-education

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