September 2, 2022 Philip Kotler The vast majority of Americans use a credit card to pay for their groceries, new clothing, doctor bills, and sundry other items. We no longer need to carry a wallet full of cash to pay for our purchases. …

Philip Kotler I have spent a lot of time thinking about humanity’s future. I outlined how we need to improve Capitalism in Confronting Capitalism (2015), how to enhance democracy in Democracy in Decline (2017), and how to improve the common good in Advancing the Common Good (2019). I now realize…

The Problem of Hidden Money Philip Kotler Two cases were reported recently about the Indian government finding huge boxes filled with money in the homes of two Indian politicians. The Indian government arrested these politicians and sent the illegal money to the Indian government’s treasury department. Hiding illegal money is…

My New Friends, Thomas Paine Philip Kotler Most of my friends don’t know about Thomas Paine. A few know that Thomas Paine was somehow involved in the American Revolution. That’s not good enough. Thomas Paine is terribly underrated. I would go so far as to say that he ranks with…

Marketing, a subject that I dearly love, needs to be reformulated in terms of its purpose and constraints. Otherwise, marketing will continue to work at cross-purposes with the growing societal need for achieving sustainability. Marketing’s normal purpose is to help companies increase their sales. Coca Cola marketers work to convince…

Historically, companies benefitted by supporting the policies of the Republican Party. Republicans kept government small, favored fewer regulations on business, treated free markets as sacrosanct, said “no” to deficit spending, and protected the interests of the rich. These policies are still favored by most businesses. Yet this business legacy produces…

On June 1, 2021, Paul Krugman wrote a column entitled “Can the Rich Pay for a Better America?” He pointed out that President Biden said that the $5 trillion in new spending on the next decade would be paid for by old and new revenue streams. Biden would rely on…

Philip Kotler May 10, 2021 The CEOs of our major companies are exceptionally smart and able persons. Boards of Directors search hard for the best management leader whose decisions will affect thousands of lives of consumers, employees, suppliers, distributors and communities. In this century, the Republican Party has been the…

Philip Kotler April 25, 2021 There is so much talk today about America’s standing in the world. For a long period, the U.S. was viewed as the most powerful nation in the world. The U.S. had the most wealth, the largest military, the highest standard of living, the best universities…