This is an excellent overview of the politicized economics, by Peter Boettke and Steven Horwitz, along with an introduction by the excellent John Allison. The abstract: “The Great Recession (or the Great Hangover) that began in 2008 did not have to happen. Its causes and consequences are not mysterious. Indeed, this particular and very painful […]
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My full interview with Dr. Robert Bradley is now posted at the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship site. Most journalistic accounts of the Enron mess focus on the accounting manipulations toward the end and miss the politicized business strategy and public-relations corporate culture that got Enron into trouble in the first place. Robert Bradley worked
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Economics professor Nimish Adhia will give a talk at Rockford College on Friday, September 24. His theme will be India’s setting itself on the road to prosperity and how Bollywood films both signaled and contributed to the cultural shift necessary for economic liberalization to occur. For much of the twentieth century, poverty and stagnation characterized
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Here is a nice solution to a problem. City governments are usually responsible for street signs. But they can be expensive–and this is an era of supposed budget cuts, it’s hard to impose new taxes, and so on. So why not get area businesses to sponsor the signs? Businesses will pay happily to get some
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Greater Buenos Aires has a population of around 13 million. How do they all get to work, school, and visiting grandmother in the old neighborhood? Many drive, but here’s an an interesting tidbit about its unique mix of private and public transportation: “There are over 150 city bus lines called Colectivos, each one managed by
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What sort of teacher is desirable from the pomo perspective — Stephen Hicks discusses teacher training in postmodern education. This is from Part 14 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: Henry Giroux on education. Next: Postmodern education: Literature. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full lecture series on Philosophy
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Postmodernism draws many themes from Marxism. Here Stephen Hicks discusses several problems from Marxist theory and history that postmodernism reacts to. From Part 14 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Quotations from Foucault, Lyotard, Derrida. Next: Pomo: skeptical relativistic rhetoric against modern society. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the
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Stephen Hicks contrasts modernism’s and pre-modernism’s philosophical themes. This is from Part 14 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Postmodern philosophy: Introduction. Next: The Enlightenment vision. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full lecture series on Philosophy of Education at YouTube via these playlists. Return to the StephenHicks.org main