I’ll be making a trip to Kentucky, the beautiful neighboring state across the Ohio River, to give a talk on “Ethical Entrepreneurship – How to Make Tough Decisions in a Tough World.” My talk is sponsored by Entre Paducah as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010. Time: Monday, November 18, 7 a.m. Place: Carson Center […]
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I will be giving a keynote lecture in Argentina at the invitation of the Bases Foundation and the School of Economics of the Catholic University in Rosario. The event is the Third International Conference on “The Austrian School of Economics in the 21st Century,” which will be held August 5-7, 2010. The title of my
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On Friday, April 23 and Monday, April 26, philosopher Douglas Rasmussen will speak at Rockford College on Aristotle, ethics, and philosophy. Dr. Rasmussen is Professor of Philosophy at St. John’s University in New York. He received his Ph.D. from Marquette University and is the co-author of Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics,
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I’m happy to announce that a Portuguese translation of my Explaining Postmodernism will be published in Brazil by Callis Editora. Here are links to their website in Portuguese and English. The publication date is TBA. Progresso!! Update: Here are links to the book at Callis’s website in Portuguese and English
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I’ll be part of a panel discussion in Chicago at the Illinois Policy Institute on Wednesday, December 9. Here is the announcement, from IPI’s site: “You’re invited to join us on Wednesday, December 9 for cocktails, appetizers, engaging discussion, and some good old-fashioned holiday cheer! We’ll be talking about how free markets help the poor
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A lovely picture of our trophy (click the image to enlarge), awarded at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation’s Freedom Dinner and Templeton Award Conference 2009 in Washington, DC. As a bonus, Alan Charles Kors — the great scholar of the Enlightenment and tireless champion of freedom of speech — gave the keynote address. Here is
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Here’s a 55-second video clip about CEE‘s winning a 2009 Templeton Freedom Award from the Atlas Economic Research Foundation: This video is also posted at AERF’s Atlas Network site.
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Excellent news: my Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship has won a Templeton Freedom Award. The awards are decided and given by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. From the AERF press release announcing the 2009 Templeton Freedom Awards: “Award for Special Achievement by a University-based Center – The Center for Ethics
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