Archive: capitalism

• Democracy: Armageddon

  By bkk25@georgetown.edu February 17, 2012

  The latest Rasmussen report finds that only five percent of "Likely U.S. Voters" rate the job Congress is doing as good or excellent. When Mike Huckabee went on Fox and Friends last month he noted th

  Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog Tags: armageddon and democracy, capitalism, citizens united and congress, democracy and bad movie, federal elections commission, jimmy williams and constitutional amendment, likely u.s. voters and congress, likely us voters and congress, mike huckabee and congress, nancy pelosi and fundraisers, Occupy Wall Street, politics, Rasmussen report, russell simmons and campaign finance

• The Eames, Advertising & Art

  By Hanna.Woodburn January 19, 2012

  An ad that pretends to be art is — at absolute best — like somebody who smiles warmly at you only because he wants something from you. David Foster Wallace I recently watched the documentary Eames: T

  Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog Tags: advertising, American Dream, Art, beauty, capitalism, culture, design, Eames, HWoodburn

• Occupying the Dream

  By jrw68 October 24, 2011

  Posted up in a makeshift hamlet in a neighborhood park in Lower Manhattan, the 99 percent have mobilized in opposition to “the man” and his oppressive capitalist regime. The suits peer down from high

  Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: 1 percent, 99 percent, 99 percenters, American Dream, capitalism, capitalist, capitalist society, kanye west, mayor bloomberg, michael bloomberg, New York, Occupy Wall Street, occupy wall street movement, rich, rich 1, the 99 percent, the american dream, the rich 1 percent, Wall Street, wealth, zuccotti park

• The Anti-Aging Trend: Capitalism, Cosmetics and Mirroring the Spectacle

  By gnovisguest November 15, 2004

  Abstract: In some cultures, aging is embraced. The experience and wisdom of elders is held in high regard. In American capitalist culture, however, signs of aging are met with increasing resistance.

  Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal Tags: age, anti-aging, beauty, botox, capitalism, cosmetics, make-up, spectacle, surgery, trend