Stephen Hicks

Vorzüglichkeit, Freiheit und Leidenschaft in der Bildung

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[A translation into German of my “Excellence in Education,” first published in Decus in 2004.] Vorzüglichkeit, Freiheit und Leidenschaft in der Bildung Stephen R.C. Hicks Übersetzung von Anja Hartleb-Parson Wenn man über Ausbildung schreiben soll, kann es schwer sein den Klischees zu entkommen: Vorzüglichkeit, Wahrheit, Ehre, Tradition, Zukunft. Trotzdem erfassen diese Wörter wesentliche Ziele der […]

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Zelmanovitz’s book on the philosophy of money

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Leonidas Zelmanovitz is a philosophical economist with a new book out: The Ontology and Function of Money: The Philosophical Fundamentals of Monetary Institutions. It’s a a rich book, as Zelmanovitz includes discussions of all the major economists and philosophers whose thinking bears directly on the issues and puzzles of money. Earlier, I posted an excerpt

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A educação está ficando muito cara?

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Muitas pessoas reclamam sobre como a educação tornou-se tão cara. Na maior parte do tempo elas estão erradas. A escolarização tornou-se mais cara, mas considere o custo dos seguintes recursos educacionais: Khan Academy para aprender matemática: Gratuito. Louvre Online para estudar história da arte: Gratuito. Google Translate para aprender dezenas de línguas: Gratuito. Wikipedia para

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Will the real Scrooge please stand up?

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[Re-pinning for this season’s festivities.] We all know the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Or do we? Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol has generated an astonishing variety of interpretations, and as with most rich tales the interpretations often tell us as much about the interpreter as the original story. The legend of Robin Hood is a

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Entrepreneurial Education conference — Call for Papers

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Entrepreneurial Education conference Sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship Rockford University, Illinois Call for Papers The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship will be hosting a conference at Rockford University, March 13-14, 2016, on Entrepreneurial Education. On the Entrepreneurial side of the phrase: We live in entrepreneurial times. From the work demand side, there

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