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Upcoming talk in Buenos Aires — “How Revolutions Are Won or Lost”

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Here is the flyer (click to enlarge) for a two-day event in Buenos Aires: The conference is sponsored by Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual, Junior Achievement Argentina, and the John Templeton Foundation. I will be speaking (in English) on “Cómo las Revoluciones se Ganan o se Pierden,” with simultaneous translation into Spanish by Maria Herminia […]

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Upcoming talk — “Three Arguments Against Liberal Capitalism”

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On June 20, I will be giving a talk at the Atlas Society’s Summit in Nashua, New Hampshire. My title is “Three Arguments Against Liberal Capitalism” and my purpose is to present and respond to three currently-powerful arguments in the debates. John Stuart Mill said this about Cicero: “The greatest orator, save one, of antiquity,

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Quoted in Wall Street Journal article on entrepreneurial satisfaction

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I’m quoted in this WSJ article by Charlie Wells on entrepreneurial satisfaction. The context is the difference between entrepreneurs of opportunity and entrepreneurs of necessity. Here’s a link to the online version. The article also ran in the US print edition. Source: Charlie Wells, “Why Some Entrepreneurs Feel Fulfilled — but Others Don’t. Money is

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My speaking schedule April-July 2015

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April 10-12, Cancún, Mexico. Liberty Fund Socratic Seminar. Topic: E. G. West’s Education and the State. April 13-14: Cancún. APEE Conference. Topic One: “Corruption in Business—Does Regulation Lessen or Increase It?” Topic Two: “Social Virtues for Individualists.” April 19-25: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual. Topics: TBA. April 29-May 1: Jekyll Island, Georgia.

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Professor Carrie-Ann Biondi to speak at Rockford University

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Dr. Carrie-Ann Biondi of Marymount Manhattan College will be speaking on “Mike Rowe and Ayn Rand: Somebody’s Gotta Do It.” Dr. Biondi won Marymount Manhattan’s teaching excellence award in 2012. A video of her acceptance speech is here. According to my colleague Shawn Klein, who is organizing the talk, Dr. Biondi’s focus is actor Mike

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