My four-way interview on postmodernism, its contemporary manifestations, and the relevance of abstract philosophy to practical affairs. Lead interviewer Harrison Koehli directs this hour-long conversation.
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What happens when you mix politics, bathrooms, and sexuality? Let the joking begin. A politician walks into a transgender bar. [Fill in the blank here.] Afterwards, he tries to explain: “I really only wanted to use the bathroom.” Ha ha. But the serious business is the busybody politicians in North Carolina and Tennessee who have
Whose Bathroom Is It, Anyway? [Good Life series] Read More »
This interview was published at FEE in abridged form as Capitalism versus the Philosophers: An Interview with Stephen Hicks. Abstract: A market-friendly philosopher takes on postmodernists, Ayn Rand, Michel Foucault, and Fifty Shades of Grey. Here is the unabridged version, which is also posted at interviewer Grégoire Canlorbe’s site. Interview with philosopher Stephen Hicks Hicks is
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Four of Illinois’s last eight governors went to prison. We’re batting .500, if I’m counting correctly. I don’t know if that’s bad news (Illinois has more corruption) or good news (We’re better at catching the bastards). Here’s Wikipedia’s list: “Otto Kerner, Jr. (D) was 33rd Governor of Illinois … Kerner was convicted on 17 counts
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I’ll be speaking tomorrow in Chicago at the FMRS event, along with Matt Kibbe (President and Chief Community Organizer, Free the People) and Barbara Kolm (President, Friedrich A. v. Hayek Institute). The event is sponsored by the Austrian Economics Center, and its theme is this: The 2017 FMRS brings together leading business people, outstanding scholars,
Free Market Road Show in Chicago — tomorrow Read More »
Two of my articles on entrepreneurship-related themes are published in Portuguese translation at the Junior Achievement Brasil site: “Educando para o empreendedorismo” and “O que a ética empresarial pode aprender com o empreendedorismo?”
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According to this essay, published in Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography. Ordinarily we cite to give credit for scholarly accomplishment and to aid other scholars in their research. But some things are more important than justice and knowledge!!
Don’t cite white males in research Read More »
Keynote speech this November on Figurative Art and Philosophy.
Keynote speech at TRAC art conference in November Read More »