Stephen Hicks

Arielle John on entrepreneurship in Trinidad — transcript of video interview

Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Hicks: I am Stephen Hicks. Our guest today is professor Arielle John, who is teaching fellow in the Department of Economics at Beloit College. Professor John was here to speak with us on culture and entrepreneurship with special

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Vorzüglichkeit, Freiheit und Leidenschaft in der Bildung

[A translation into German of my “Excellence in Education,” first published in Decus in 2004.] Vorzüglichkeit, Freiheit und Leidenschaft in der Bildung Stephen R.C. Hicks Übersetzung von Anja Hartleb-Parson Wenn man über Ausbildung schreiben soll, kann es schwer sein den Klischees zu entkommen: Vorzüglichkeit, Wahrheit, Ehre, Tradition, Zukunft. Trotzdem erfassen diese Wörter wesentliche Ziele der

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Zelmanovitz’s book on the philosophy of money

Leonidas Zelmanovitz is a philosophical economist with a new book out: The Ontology and Function of Money: The Philosophical Fundamentals of Monetary Institutions. It’s a a rich book, as Zelmanovitz includes discussions of all the major economists and philosophers whose thinking bears directly on the issues and puzzles of money. Earlier, I posted an excerpt

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A educação está ficando muito cara?

Muitas pessoas reclamam sobre como a educação tornou-se tão cara. Na maior parte do tempo elas estão erradas. A escolarização tornou-se mais cara, mas considere o custo dos seguintes recursos educacionais: Khan Academy para aprender matemática: Gratuito. Louvre Online para estudar história da arte: Gratuito. Google Translate para aprender dezenas de línguas: Gratuito. Wikipedia para

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