Stephen Hicks

Marcoux on entrepreneurship: Schumpeter, Knight, and Kirzner

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In this 17-minute video, Dr. Alexei Marcoux explains three competing theories of entrepreneurship–Schumpeter’s, Knight’s, and Kirzner’s. For more information: Joseph Schumpeter, Frank Knight, and Israel Kirzner. Dr. Marcoux’s lecture is part of the Entrepreneurship and Values series. Other lecturers in the six-part series include Terry Noel, Stephen Hicks, William Kline, and Robert Salvino. The video […]

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My upcoming lectures at Universidad Francisco Marroquín

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From November 3 to 6, I will be giving an invited series of lectures and seminars (nine hours worth of them!) at the Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala. My general themes will be entrepreneurship, ethics, philosophy, and political economy. The times titles of my various talks are as follows. Open Lecture (Thursday, November 3): “Entrepreneurs

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Michael Strong on Socratic teaching

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I like this paragraph from Michael Strong’s The Habit of Thought: “The effort of Socratic Practice is to develop students’ own standard of intellectual judgment by means of placing the onus of responsibility for understanding entirely on them and providing them with the tools and experiences necessary to develop their intellectual judgment. ‘Does it make

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Business in Argentina — interview with Fernández and Sarano

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Federico Fernández and Martin Sarano of Argentina’s Bases Foundation spoke at Rockford College on the challenging political economy of Argentina and its impact on current business. A century ago Argentina’s economy was in the top ten in the world, but has declined significantly. Doingbusiness.org currently ranks Argentina ranked 115th. In the interview we talk about

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Interview with Phyllis Johnson on entrepreneurship, coffee, and empowering women in Africa

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In my interview with Phyllis Johnson after her talk at Rockford College, Ms. Johnson and I discussed her entrepreneurial career as well as the challenges faced by coffee farmers in Africa–most of them low-paid women with little-to-no business education and who, in many cases, are not allowed to own farmland due to cultural, religious, or

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