Microtransactions and Beyond
Huffington Post: We Need a Shot in the Arm, if Not a Moonshot By Mark Penn and Don Baer, November 11, 2013 The recent dysfunction in Washington, with its massive collateral damage to the economy and national morale, couldn’t have come at a worse time. It was no mere blip […]
Huffington Post: A Public Ready to Act Against Genocide, in Syria and Beyond By Mark Penn and Michael Abramowitz, July 24, 2012 Conventional wisdom has it that our country is turning inward. But with dramatic global events that often unfold on the Internet, the public seems to have a heightened […]
By MARK PENN Published Septermber 18, 2011 Barack Obama is careening down the wrong path towards re-election. He should be working as a president, not a candidate. He should be claiming the vital center, not abandoning it. He should be holding down taxes rather than raising them. He should be […]
By MARK PENN Published Septermber 12, 2011 America continues to look for its true spirit in a post 9/11 world. Just as the Vietnam war reset expectations about America in the world, so 9/11 changed America’s outlook in the opening of the 21st century. Coming off of the Clinton administration […]
By MARK PENN Published August 2, 2011 The 11th hour budget deal may save the country from default but is unlikely to save either the president or the Republicans from continued political fallout for taking the country near the brink of financial calamity. While the 1996 budget deal made winners […]
By MARK PENN Published April 5, 2011 Only two Democrats in the last 90 years have been reelected to a second term — Franklin Roosevelt and Bill Clinton. The rest of the Democrats have seen their presidencies cut short, and so the historical odds of Obama winning a second term […]
By MARK PENN Published March 2, 2011 It’s time we added the first 21st Century amendment to the Constitution — an amendment that parallels the First Amendment but explicitly prohibits the government from ever shutting down the Internet. Freedom of the Internet in today’s world is just as important as […]
By MARK PENN Published January 26, 2011 In his State of the Union speech, President Obama certainly reached out to the Republicans, praised American innovation and know-how, and for the most part avoided lightning rod issues on either side. It was a huge leap forward for a president who was […]
By MARK PENN Published December 10, 2010 Democrats should move quickly to back the president on the tax bill or risk turning themselves into a minority party in Congress for a long time to come. By becoming reverse tax protesters (chanting “raise taxes”), the liberals are sending out all the […]
By MARK PENN Published November 3, 2010 Without doubt the Tea Party will be rejoicing at the midterm results and laying down ultimatums to the Republican Party to steer to the right, and the Republican Party, having embraced the Tea party, will be hard pressed to say “no” to the […]
Mark Penn is the President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, a private equity fund focused on the marketing services industry.