A good journalistic piece in The New York Times: “The Perverse Effects of Rent Regulation.” (Thanks to R.M. for the link.) Rent control is a classic case of bad economics and bad ethics. The bad economics is ignorance of unintended consequences — in this case a price control that makes the initial problem worse. The […]
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My video lecture, part of the Business Ethics Cases series. Contents: 1. Introduction: the standard buyer/seller relationship. 2. The argument for rent control. 3. The argument against rent control. 4. Comparing the arguments for and against rent control. 5. Rent control: politics. The entire video (55 minutes total): Supplements: * Summary flowchart of the arguments
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On this week’s Current Events program with Kelley and Salsman, hosted by Oddino.
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What makes entrepreneurs tick? An interesting paper: “Anatomy of an Entrepreneur: Family Background and Motivation”, by Vivek Wadhwa et al., part of the Kauffman Foundation Small Research Projects. The paper’s abstract: “Entrepreneurs are among the most celebrated people in our culture. Celebrity entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, often
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Anti-Liberals in Canada are now controlling home purchases: Foreigners not allowed. Their hope is that this will force demand and thereby prices down. Dwell on that for a moment. The Canadian government is telling Canadian home owners: We want to make your homes less valuable. Or this: Suppose that 1,000 foreigners want to buy million-dollar
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Philosophy 325 Professor Stephen Hicks Introduction Stephen Hicks, “What Entrepreneurship Can Teach Us About Life” (or at The Wall Street Journal). Audio version. Topic 1: Entrepreneurism Hans Rosling, “200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes — The Joy of Stats” [Video] Movie: Mr. Selfridge (Season 1, Episode 1). Questions: Why do some people say “I’ve never
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My concluding video lecture on abstracting the principles in the business ethics cases we’ve covered so far: Minimum Wages, Rent Control, the Tragedy of the Commons, Laetrile (pharmaceuticals), and the F.C.C.’s “Fairness Doctrine” (telecomm). This lecture is part of the Business Ethics Cases series. Contents: Summary abstraction: comparing the cases. Supplement: Summary chart. Go to
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An introduction to applied case study methodology, part of the Business Ethics Cases series. Total time: 17 minutes. Next: Rent Control. Minimum Wages [forthcoming]. The Tragedy of the Commons [forthcoming]. Go to the Business Ethics Cases series. Or full playlists at YouTube. Go to the Philosophy of Education lecture series. Go to the StephenHicks.org main
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The Business Ethics Cases project is new for 2013. The initial series contains cases on Rent Control, Minimum Wages, The Tragedy of the Commons, Laetrile and Experimental Cancer Drugs, and the FCC’s “Fairness Doctrine,” as well as a short introductory lecture on case study method and a concluding lecture abstracting the common patterns of argument
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In this series of video lectures, Professor Hicks discusses classic cases in business ethics. No formal knowledge of business ethics is presupposed. The course lectures are below, including links to recommended readings and playlists at YouTube. Introduction: Introduction to case study methodology. * View the entire lecture at YouTube. 17 minutes total. . . .
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