My article was published recently at The Savvy Street. It was first published as two separate columns in The Good Life series as “Is Republishing Hitler’s Mein Kampf the Correct Decision?” and “Is Free Speech Dead in Universities?” The articles were also translated into Portuguese by Matheus Pacini as “Republicar Mein Kampf é a decisão correta?” […]
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A proposição-padrão é que a filosofia começa com Tales. Quando ensino isso aos meus alunos, é uma venda difícil, já que entre os textos fundadores da filosofia — atribuídos a Tales por Aristóteles — está a seguinte afirmação: “O primeiro princípio e a natureza básica de todas as coisas é a água.” e “Todas as
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Coastal Carolina University economics professor Robert Salvino’s 15-minute video lecture on “Entrepreneurship and Public Policy.” Professor Salvino discusses public policy and its effect on entrepreneurship. He contrasts active public policy methods (e.g., subsidies) and passive public policy methods (e.g., lowering taxes) and hypothesizes that passive approaches to public policy often result in more innovation and entrepreneurship.
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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “I am quite the international trader, it turns out. “Earlier today I put on my made-in-Argentina jacket and my new made-in-India shoes and got into my made-in-Japan truck. I stopped for gas at a British petroleum station and chatted with its owner, a guy from Mexico. To
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Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Hicks: I’m Stephen Hicks. My guest this evening is Professor Jerry Kirkpatrick from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. He is the author of a new book, Montessori, Dewey and Capitalism. Tonight he gave a lecture to the
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Excerpt: “Your personal vision is something to handle with great care, like holding a point of light in the cradle of your hand.” Read more at Newberry’s site.
Michael Newberry, On Being an Artist Read More »
[Stoic Week 2015 is from November 2 to 8. In honor of that, here is a revisiting of an earlier post.] I occasionally teach Epictetus (55-135 CE) or Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) in my courses. So to prepare for Stoic Week, here are some sample quotations: Epictetus on philosophy: “If you have an earnest desire
I gave a talk in June at a conference sponsored by Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual (FRI), Junior Achievement Argentina, and the John Templeton Foundation. While in Buenos Aires, FRI also recorded three short videos of me addressing questions. Here is my six-minute video-response to “What is The Most Important Question for Latin American Intellectuals?”: More information