Tag Archives: capitalism

A CHANGE MUST COME!

Posted on September 22, 2021 by mdbwell

We must ask ourselves why people who are on or below the middle rungs of the economic ladder do not support social uplift processes that would help them become more financially solvent. Continue reading →

Posted in International Affairs, Poverty, Social Ethics | Tagged American Dream, capitalism, Christian socialism, Democratic Socialism, human-rights, income inequality, Martin Luther King Jr., Poverty, revolution of values, Walter Muelder | Leave a comment

Has Capitalism “Worked”?

Posted on June 7, 2019 by mdbwell

It’s laughable to me when critics of socialism parrot the cliché that “it has never worked anywhere in the world.” Usually, that prosaic statement is made not from primary research, but from lazy borrowing from others—who more than likely also … Continue reading →

Posted in Poverty, Social Ethics | Tagged apostles, Barbara Ehrenreich, capitalism, compassion, Cornel West, Democratic Socialism, economic freedom, free enterprise, Harvey Cox, haves and have-nots, J. Philip Wogaman, Jane Addams, Jesus, Letty Russell, livable wages, Manning Marable, Martin Luther King Jr., mixed economy, poverty elimination, prophets, social services, Socialism, W. E. B. Du Bois, Walter Muelder | Leave a comment

America, Wake Up!

Posted on February 11, 2016 by mdbwell

In the last section of the final chapter of his June 1967 book, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, Martin Luther King, Jr., focuses on the evils of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism. Analyzing and assessing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poverty, Social Ethics, War & Peace | Tagged beloved community, capitalism, Civil Rights Movement, Demagoguery, Democratic Socialism, Discrimination, Distributive Justice, human-rights, income inequality, Macbeth, Martin Luther King Jr., nonviolence, Poverty, Racism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Revolution, Rip Van Winkle, Values, Washington Irving, White Privilege, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

POVERTY AT HOME & ABROAD

Posted on July 17, 2013 by mdbwell

In 1958, John Kenneth Galbraith detailed income inequality and an imbalanced economic system in his book, The Affluent Society. People who did not actually read the text considered it a homage to what makes America great. Contrariwise, Galbraith demonstrates that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poverty | Tagged capitalism, income inequality, Poverty, wealth gap | Leave a comment

EDELMAN’S SO RICH, SO POOR, IN REVIEW

Posted on June 26, 2013 by mdbwell

I was happy to see that Peter Edelman decided to grapple with the problem of poverty based upon his work with Sen. Robert Kennedy in the mid-to-late 1960s. I have tremendously admired the valiant oeuvre of his spouse, Marian Wright … Continue reading →

Posted in Poverty | Tagged Antipoverty Programs, capitalism, Cornel West, Peter Edelman, Poverty, SNAP, Socialism, TANF, Tavis Smiley, The Rich and the Rest of Us | Leave a comment

SPEND LESS!

Posted on November 23, 2012 by mdbwell

One of my dearest mentors lamented the increase in advertising over the course of the twentieth century. From the sale of tobacco to ideological announcements of political action committees, the resignation we have towards the ubiquity of commercials became something … Continue reading →

Tagged advertising, capitalism, recession, spending | Leave a comment

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POVERTY AT HOME & ABROAD

EDELMAN’S SO RICH, SO POOR, IN REVIEW

SPEND LESS!

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