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Reflections on the psychology-marketing-economics nexus

Suicide
Anatomy of a Smear Campaign, Installment No. 2

John F Gaski Ph.D. on January 24, 2013

After a yellow-journalism smear campaign executed by the Chicago Tribune and National Catholic Reporter against a renowned, venerable institution, the Washington Post joins in--with one reporter common to two of the outlets. Curious.

After a yellow-journalism smear campaign executed by the Chicago Tribune and National Catholic Reporter against a renowned, venerable institution, the Washington Post joins in--with one reporter common to two of the outlets. Curious.

Media
Paradise Lost: A History of the Next 200 Years

John F Gaski Ph.D. on October 27, 2012

Some future scholars will conclude that the American tragedy merely reflected a routine case of the evolution, decline, and fall of nations, i.e., how extreme affluence begets terminal weakness in the ending throes of a national life-cycle. Yet it truly appears that it need not have happened to America. The tragic flaw would seem to have been the decline of education.

Some future scholars will conclude that the American tragedy merely reflected a routine case of the evolution, decline, and fall of nations, i.e., how extreme affluence begets terminal weakness in the ending throes of a national life-cycle. Yet it truly appears that it need not have happened to America. The tragic flaw would seem to have been the decline of education.

Consumer Behavior
American Public Finally Begins to Appreciate Marketing

John F Gaski Ph.D. on January 30, 2012

After years of negative reactions to the way marketing is practiced, overall consumer sentiment toward marketing turned positive for the first time in 2011.

After years of negative reactions to the way marketing is practiced, overall consumer sentiment toward marketing turned positive for the first time in 2011.