I’ve joined the Academic Advisory Committee of the Global Corporate Governance Institute. From August 1-3, the GCGI will be holding its 3rd International Conference on CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance in Cologne, Germany.
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Chances are good that someone you know owns a Che t-shirt. Romanticized versions of Ernesto Guevara Lynch’s bearded face are popular on campuses and elsewhere — so popular that the American chain store Urban Outfitters planned to release a whole line of Che-inspired fashion items, and dozens of other websites offer a wide range of
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On April 12 I will be speaking (in English) at the 29th Fórum da Liberdade in Porto Alegre. Here’s the list of speakers. Before that, on April 10, I will be speaking at the Conferência Atlantos, and on April 11, I will be talking at the Pan American High School on the theme of being
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This is a work in progress. Corrections and additions welcome. The long comparison table below is also here in PDF format. Summary 96 issues included as of April 2016. Agreements: 19 Disagreements: 70 Semi-agree/ disagree: 7 Of the agreements: Negative agreements: 8 Positive agreements: 11 Bibliography Nietzsche’s works cited Rand’s works cited A The Antichrist
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A common meme about the financial crisis blames it on capitalism run amok and holds the rise of free-market fundamentalism among economists responsible for unleashing the greed. Academic economists, the argument runs, are largely free-marketers, and they convinced politicians to deregulate important swathes of the American economy, and the unbridled capitalists then engaged in a
The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship and Vienna’s Austrian Economic Center will host two panels on The Role of the State: The American Dream? Socialism? and Immigration: Controlled or Free? on Friday, April 1, 2:00-4:00 P.M in Severson Auditorium in Scarborough Hall on the Rockford University campus. The event is free of charge and open to
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Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Hicks: Hi. I’m Stephen Hicks. Our guest today is Professor Robert Salvino, who teaches Economics and Entrepreneurship at Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina. He spoke with us today on entrepreneurship and public policy. One of your initial
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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Beware the compromisers — a lesson from this generation’s history. “In 1998, President Bill Clinton announced: “We have moved past the sterile debate between those who say Government is the problem and those who say Government is the solution. My fellow Americans, we have found a Third
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