In this unit of Atlas University’s course on Socialism: Rand analyzes a major shift in leftist strategy—the narrative shift from Old Left to New Left defenses of socialism as the ultimate moral system. Their fundamental principles of “mysticism-altruism-collectivism” have not changed—rather the New Left is “cruder and more honest” in its explicit goals and practical […]
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Lucro: bueno, malo y obsceno Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. A nadie le gusta perder dinero, pero el lucro genera actitudes polarizadas. Como ocurre con la mayoría de los fenómenos con carga moral—la competencia, la riqueza, la pobreza, la propiedad—lograr superar las discusiones confusas, requiere algunas distinciones sutiles. Para más artículos en español: https://www.stephenhicks.org/espanol/ Original article in
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Lo que la Ética Empresarial Puede Aprender del Emprendimiento Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. …la ética empresarial debería fundamentarse en los valores y las virtudes de los emprendedores, es decir, esos individuos productivos y responsables por sí mismos que crean valor e intercambian con otras personas para mutuo beneficio… Para más artículos en español: https://www.stephenhicks.org/espanol/ English. Portuguese Translation
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In this week on the Waterfall course on Socialism: Robert Heilbroner, “Socialism”. Robert Heilbroner (1919-2005) was the most distinguished American academic socialist of the 20th century. In this article, written after the fall of the Soviet Union, Heilbroner argues as a social scientist that socialists must diagnose accurately the failings of socialist experiments in order to correct
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In this unit of our self-paced course on Socialism, we start with a 7-point summary of Ludwig von Mises’s classic Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis, focusing on socialism’s economic inconsistencies. Mises compares the principles of Socialism and Liberal-Capitalism and finds they differ not in their aims, but in their understanding of justice and the
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Ha alimentado durante toda nuestra historia al populismo argentino. Desde los caudillos a Rosas, desde Perón a Galtieri, desde Néstor a Cristina Por Eduardo Marty. Artículo original en Infobae: aquí. Con referencias de Stephen Hicks. “Envy: hatred of the good for being the good” (Ayn Rand) Si ha habido un sentimiento que ha alimentado durante toda
O que podemos aprender do empreendedorismo Publicado pela primeira vez em Inglês: “What Entrepreneurship Can Teach Us About Life,” The Wall Street Journal. Portugués. Tradução por Matheus Pacini. PDF. Español. Para mais publicações em português visite: https://www.stephenhicks.org/publicacoes-em-portugues/
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Happy to announce that an audiobook edition is now available at Audible: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault (Expanded Edition) by Stephen R. C. Hicks. Narrated by Scott Smith. Other editions and translations of Explaining Postmodernism.
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