Education series
Sutton's Law for Physicians: Follow the Money to Banking
In this talk, we explore Willie Sutton’s famous principle and show how following the obvious applies not just to patient care but to physician finance. What You’ll Learn ▶ The Principle of Sutton’s Law. When you diagnose or treat a patient you should start…
Robber Barons to Bankers
n this talk, we trace the arc from 19th-century industrial titans, the original robber barons, to today’s healthcare power players and show how physicians can apply Sutton’s law by owning a bank holding company to reclaim their capital. What You’ll Learn ▶…
The Four Horsemen of Banking
The Four Horsemen of Banking: Lessons from Rockefeller, Morgan, Gould and Carnegie In this talk, we examine how the industrial empires of J.P. Morgan, J.D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Jay Gould converged into the Four Horsemen of Banking and what…
The Power of the Powerless
In this talk, we explore Václav Havel’s seminal 1978 essay The Power of the Powerless, and we explain why its insights about individual agency and systemic subjection matter for U.S. healthcare today. What You’ll Learn ▶Who Was Václav Havel? From…
Protecting Profits
Titusville and Townville
In this talk, we draw a parallel between the oil boom in Titusville, Pennsylvania, and the healthcare revolution that began just 12 miles away in Townville, Pennsylvania. What crude oil was to energy in the 1800s, physician-led innovation can be to healthcare…