Dream Capitalism

Debating Capitalism

This paper is about the dissemination of knowledge across the curriculum and the role business education can play in elevating student awareness and understanding of interdisciplinary thoughts. Most importantly, it explores the importance of thoughtful appreciation of divergent educational paradigms and how such an appreciation can be the bridge toward cohesive, contemporary, and meaningful lea...

Why Capitalism?

Dream incubation: ancient techniques of dream influence

Dream incubation refers collectively to the practices, rituals, techniques and efforts that an individual applies to intentionally evoke helpful dreams. Derived from the Latin verb incubare (in'upon' + cubare 'to lie'), the term connotes the support and nurturance provided by a laying mother bird for her developing egg. The parallels with dream influence are all too appropriate; in antiquity, t...

Capitalism in Question

Paul Adler was Program Chair for the 2013 meeting of the Academy of Management in Orlando, Florida, in August. In this capacity, he organized the “All-Academy Theme” component of the meeting program, helped by a committee of Tom Kochan (MIT), Jerry Davis (U. Michigan), Carrie Leana (U. Pittsburgh), and Stella Nkomo (U. Pretoria). The theme was “Capitalism in Question.” The essay below is an edi...

Medicine under capitalism.

For about ten years, I have carried out annual appraisals on doctors working in general practice. I do this on a freelance basis, not as part of my salaried work. When I started, I used to claim my fees from a man called Steve, in an office at the local primary care trust. Now Steve is no longer there. Nor is his job, nor his office, nor the trust. Nowadays, I send my invoices to an agency a co...