Marx reminder

Another idea to save for a particular purpose later.

Yesterday I heard a story on the NPR program "All Things Considered" titled How To Win Doctors And Influence Prescriptions.  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130730104 he point of view on the story was from Pharmaceutical representatives who had left the industry; they shared the pratice of asking doctors to speak about treatments using their name brand drugs, the fees they paid them, and the return on their investments.  They noted the common practice of tracking prescription practices to monitor their returns.  The doctors felt that they were acting as educators and were not aware of any changes in their prescription practices.

I connected this idea to a bit McDermott wrote about Marx.  I'm not very familar with Marx, but it was suggested that like Dewey, he felt that "It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being (institutional involvement) that determines their consciousness."