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CEE to host two panels at Rockford University: Free Markets, Socialism, and Immigration

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The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship and Vienna’s Austrian Economic Center will host two panels on The Role of the State: The American Dream? Socialism? and Immigration: Controlled or Free? on Friday, April 1, 2:00-4:00 P.M in Severson Auditorium in Scarborough Hall on the Rockford University campus. The event is free of charge and open to […]

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Robert Salvino on entrepreneurship and public policy — transcript of video interview

Leave a Comment / Economics, Entrepreneurship / Stephen Hicks

Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Hicks: Hi. I’m Stephen Hicks. Our guest today is Professor Robert Salvino, who teaches Economics and Entrepreneurship at Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina. He spoke with us today on entrepreneurship and public policy. One of your initial

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Third-Way Politics and Its Bitter Fruits [new The Good Life column]

Leave a Comment / Politics, The Good Life / Stephen Hicks

The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Beware the compromisers — a lesson from this generation’s history. “In 1998, President Bill Clinton announced: “We have moved past the sterile debate between those who say Government is the problem and those who say Government is the solution. My fellow Americans, we have found a Third

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Dating advice for women

Leave a Comment / Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

Not from me, of course. I give you: * Jennifer Grossman at the Atlas Society’s site: “Date the Atlas, not the shrug.” * Sarah Skwire at the Fraser Institute blog: “You can love a man for who he is, while also acknowledging the pleasure you take in the things that he has.”

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Who Really Wants to Solve the Problem of Poverty? [Good Life series]

1 Comment / Economics / Stephen Hicks

Let me share with you the most impressive number of our generation: 600 million. That is how many people have been lifted out of extreme poverty in the last 25 years. Never before in history have so many raised themselves to a minimum level of comfort. The poverty line is a matter of controversy, as

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Taking Modern Artists at Their Word [Good Life series]

2 Comments / Art, Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

You may have noticed that things in the art world are a little, well, off these days. The artists we hear most about are those like vomit girl, also known as Millie Brown, who drinks colored milk and then makes herself throw up on the canvas. Or Jeff Koons, who gets millions for intentionally-banal objects,

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Two libertarians debate the welfare state, pro and con

2 Comments / Politics / Stephen Hicks

Bryan Caplan says No: I’m a hard-core libertarian who defines libertarianism broadly. If you think voluntarism is seriously underrated and government is seriously overrated, you’re a libertarian in my book.” But, “when libertarians start describing Danish ‘flexicurity’ with deep admiration, however, I don’t just doubt their libertarian commitment. More importantly, I wonder why they changed

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The Revival of Nazism in Europe — It’s Not Just Racism [Good Life series]

1 Comment / Politics / Stephen Hicks

An old specter is again haunting Europe — neo-fascist and neo-Nazi movements and political parties are returning to prominence. This feature in Britain’s The Guardian notes an increase in attacks on Jews in France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Further east and south Nazi-like parties are surging in the polls in countries like Hungary and Greece,

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