ON Wednesday, September 30, I’ll be in a discussion hosted by Dave Rubin and Mark Skousen. From the description: “Dave Rubin and Mark Skousen, Founder of FreedomFest, will co-host four panel discussions. The Atlas Society’s Senior Scholar, Stephen Hicks, Ph.D., will share his philosophical perspective on solutions to social unrest, racism, the economic shutdown, and […]
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Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Hicks: Hi, I’m Stephen Hicks. I am executive director of The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship here at Rockford University. My two guests today spoke at Rockford University on the themes of entrepreneurship and ethics. With me is
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In Barron’s, Paul Theroux argues that 150 years of aid to Africa has not helped much — and may have hurt more than it helped. Theroux discusses the failure of several recent externally-generated efforts, including Jeffrey Sachs’s top-down Millennium Project and the long history of well-meaning “Telescopic Philanthropists,” as well as Africa’s internal problems of
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The new edition of Kaizen Weekly Review features my interview with Senegalese-American entrepreneur Magatte Wade, David Henderson on “robber barons,” James Shikwati on aid versus entrepreneurial development in Africa, Forbes on companies that cultivate their employees’ happiness, a post on “Third Way” politics, and my lecture in Brazil on entrepreneurs as moral heroes. All issues
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Entrepreneurship in Brazil My full interview with entrepreneurs William and Winston Ling is now available online at CEE’s site. From the interview: “In the second half of 2010, everything was doing great: we were beating records year after year and expanding the business. Profitability was fine and the outlook was fine. But we sat down
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Michael Strong and Magatte Ward spoke at Rockford College. Strong is the co-founder (with John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market) and Chief Visionary Officer of Conscious Capitalism, Inc. He is also the author of Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems. Wade is a serial entrepreneur raised
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On Wednesday, November 3, Michael Strong and Magatte Ward will speak at Rockford College. Michael Strong’s talk is titled “Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems.” Strong is the co-founder (with John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market) and Chief Visionary Officer of Conscious Capitalism, Inc., a non-profit
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