For decades, Marxism and the socialist tradition more generally — of which Marxism is just apart — were associated with a doctrine known as materialism. But in the recent past, this approach has ...

Materialism. The bedrock of consumer culture. The fuel that powers our economic - and in many ways our social – engines. Where would we be without our designer clothes, handbags, cars, mc-mansions, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the Kester and Brynes Professor at Columbia Business School and a Chazen Senior Scholar at the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for ...