Rockford University – Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.

Rockford, Illinois and the free society (Friedman, Tullock, Coase)

3 Comments / Economics, Politics / Stephen Hicks

Milton Friedman (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1976) received an honorary doctorate from Rockford College and was our commencement speaker in 1969. Gordon Tullock (co-founder of Public Choice economics with James Buchanan, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1986) was a native of Rockford. And I was charmed to find this bookplate in the Rockford University library’s copy […]

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Sports Studies Symposium — call for abstracts

Leave a Comment / Sports / Stephen Hicks

My colleagues Shawn Klein and Michael Perry have issued a Call for Abstracts for the First Annual Rockford College Sports Studies Symposium, an interdisciplinary conference on the study of sport to be held on April 28, 2012 at Rockford College. From the CFA: Whether one is a participant, a casual spectator, a die-hard fan, or

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Interview with Professor Al Gini

Leave a Comment / Business Ethics / Stephen Hicks

In my role as CEE’s Executive Director, I interviewed guest speaker Professor Al Gini on leadership, after his talk on that theme at Rockford College. Dr. Gini is also the co-founder and Associate Editor of Business Ethics Quarterly. For more from Dr. Gini, check out his many books, which include My Job My Self: Work

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Philosophy department brochure

Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

Check it out (pdf). It’s a trifold design, with panels featuring my colleagues Matt Flamm, Shawn Klein, and me, the courses we teach, a list of famous philosophy majors in college, and more. Designed by Christopher Vaughan. (I want to live that library. Right now.)

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Interview with Nimish Adhia on Bollywood and the new India

1 Comment / Business Ethics, Economics, Politics / Stephen Hicks

For much of the twentieth century, poverty and stagnation characterized India’s economic life, yet India has transformed itself and prospects for its 1.1 billion people have improved dramatically. Economics professor Nimish Adhia recently spoke at Rockford College on how Bollywood films both signaled and contributed to the cultural shift necessary for India’s economic liberalization to

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William Kline on David Hume’s ethics

Leave a Comment / Ethics, History of Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

David Hume is the most influential dead philosopher, according to a recent vote by contemporary philosophers. William Kline of the University of Illinois, Springfield, is an expert on Hume, and he gave a talk recently at Rockford College on Hume’s ethical theory. Here is my follow-up interview with him: Dr. Kline also spoke at Rockford

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William Kline on market-based business ethics

3 Comments / Business Ethics / Stephen Hicks

Dr. William Kline, Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies at the University of Illinois, Springfield, gave two talks this month at Rockford College. Here is my follow-up interview with him on the main points of his talk on business ethics (3 clips): The talk was sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and the above

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Learning from Hurricane Katrina

2 Comments / Education, Entrepreneurship, Politics / Stephen Hicks

A striking statement on school reform by U.S. Education Secretary, Arne Duncan. Duncan called the 2005 Hurricane Katrina “the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans.” Duncan continued: “That education system was a disaster, and it took Hurricane Katrina to wake up the community to say that ‘we have to do

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