Ideas

Is Universal Basic Income Inevitable?

Why is it that in a rich country like the U.S., poverty continues to affect 50 million citizens, about 15 percent of our citizens? At the other end, the top 0.1% of our citizens receive 40% of all income and own 40% of all our wealth. Numerous studies show that our income distribution, instead of […]

 

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Next Webinar: A Post Election Look at the Future of Democracy

We are excited to announce that our latest webinar will take a look at the future of democracy post the 11/3 election.  We are assembling a great panel of thought leaders in the area of democracy and politics.  This will NOT be about post-mortems on the election or about either party.  Instead we will look […]

 

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Latest Webinar just scheduled! Global Natural Resources

In continuing our series of monthly webinars, we are proud to announce the webinar for November. On Thursday November 5 from 2-3:30p eastern time US we will present Global Natural Resources   The three speakers will be Christopher Tucker Chairman, The American Geographic Society Speaker, Author, “A Planet of 3 Billion   Timothy Rumage Planetary […]

 

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Our Next Webinar is One Week from Today!

  On Thursday October 22, 2020 we will be putting on “The New Health Age of the 21st Century”.  It will last for 90 minutes from 2p-3:30 east coast time U.S.   To sign up you must be a member. If you are a member, please go to https://sarasotainstitute.global/ , review the program and then […]

 

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What Is the American Dream? Do We Need a New One with Covid-19?

  Is the American Dream alive and well or has Covid-19 killed it?   Is the American Dream for every American or just for prosperous Americans?   What is the American Dream anyways?   On July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and 53 other delegates signed the Declaration of Independence, to proclaim […]

 

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The Collapse of Legacy Thinking

  The collapse of legacy thinking is one of the underlying reasons for all the disruption and transformations of the 2020s.  It is one of the reasons that the Co-Founders of The Sarasota Institute, Phil Kotler, Jason Voss and I felt it necessary to create a purely 21st century endeavor.  The thinking and resultant realities […]

 

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The New Health Age of the 21st Century” A New Webinar!

  We are excited about this webinar as we look into some aspects of the future of healthcare.  You can find the information about it now on our landing page: https://sarasotainstitute.global/    Jonathan Fleece President & CEO of Stratum Health System Dr. Tom Ingegno Doctor, Integrative Medicine David Houle Healthcare Futurist   We have three […]

 

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New Webinar Scheduled!

  “The New Health Age of the 21st Century” will be on Thursday October 22 from 2-3:30p eastern time.  Please put this in your calendar now.   Registration for members will be set up soon.  We will let members know when they can sign-up.   Last March we had to cancel a symposium of the […]

 

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Institute Update

  First, a thank you to all of you who are new subscribers.  Please consider following us on Twitter and LinkedIn.  Twitter handle is @sarasotainst and LinkedIn link is https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-sarasota-institute-think-tank-2837961b4/   Second, the great webinar about the future of K-12 education, held two weeks ago will soon be available behind the member sign-in wall.  Again, […]

 

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CAN AMERICA BECOME GREAT AGAIN?

[Preface:  we at the Sarasota Institute focus not on policy but on the larger dynamics and trends we see for the next decade and this century.  We believe that both democracy and capitalism need to be updated and reinvented for this century.  This means that we do have to look at elections and current policies […]

 

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