Two strong stories. Read to the end for the kicker. Story One: Years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone was notorious for enmeshing the Windy City in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder. Capone had a lawyer nicknamed “Easy Eddie.” Eddie was very good — his skill at legal maneuvering kept Big […]
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My answers to the question: No, No, and Yes. 10-minute talk at the Forum da Liberdade in Brazil, April 2022. My co-discussants were The Spectator‘s Melissa Chen and political science professor João Pereira Coutinho. Excerpts from my remarks start at the 6-minute mark in this video: Related: My talk on the roots of the culture
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Consider these two contrasting principles of education: Bildung is experiencing and acting in the world freely and in personal way through a process of self-education without formal schooling. Typical schooling: acting in a controlled and impersonal environment in a directed-by-others process. Bildung was developed most in 19th-century Germany, most significantly by Wilhelm von Humboldt. It
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My Liberalism: Pro and Con has been translated into Spanish by Fermin Elizalde. We will be serially publishing here each part prior to the publication of the book as a whole. Find the English version here: Amazon. From the blurb for the English edition: In this primer, we take up the best arguments for and
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Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro Liberalism: Pro & Con de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Argumento 3: La gente trabaja más inteligentemente
“Ayn Rand”The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2001 I wrote the article on novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand for The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. My entry focuses on her ethical philosophy. The articles are periodically reviewed by encyclopedia’s editors and authors, and here is the latest.
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Why Did They Love Hitler? “Inspired by Stephen’s fantastic documentary and book Nietzsche and the Nazis.” This is a discussion with Stephen Hicks on Triggernometry’s YouTube Channel and hosts Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster, who tackle politics, economics, free speech, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial
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With the participation of Stephen Hicks Join us next week! The Atlas Society Book Club will have Stephen Hicks in the hot seat on July 25th at 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET to discuss all things Postmodernism and his book, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. In Explaining Postmodernism, Hicks provides fresh insights into the