The Vanishing Entrepreneur
Monday, March 21st, 2011Professor Donna Matias of the University of San Diego School of Law describes some of the regulatory obstacles that entrepreneurs — especially those with low income —face:
Archive for the ‘education’ Category
CEE Interview with Jeffrey van Davis
Friday, March 18th, 2011Jeffrey van Davis talks with Dr. Stephen Hicks about the inspirations for making his documentary Only A God Can Save Us, which explores Martin Heidegger’s involvement with the National Socialist movement. Mr. van Davis also discusses the process of making the film and its public reception. Parts I-IV are embedded below.
Why Do B-schools Have So Many “C” Students?
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Vedran Vuk, writing for Not PC, lists five common problems with business school students. Ironically, at the top of his list is “Lack of Entrepreneurship.”
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“Only A God Can Save Us” Screening and Panel Discussion
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Martin Heidegger is considered by many to be the most profound thinker of the 20th century, and his philosophy continues to be influential.
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In May of 1933, Heidegger joined the Nazi Party and became the first Nazi Rector of a German university.
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Heidegger’s final words of despair in a famous Der Spiegel interview make it clear that he had no faith in democracy: “Only a God can save us.”
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The film Only A God Can Save Us is a critical view of Heidegger’s so-called “flirtation” with Nazism and examines the elements of his philosophy which may have led him to support the National Socialist revolution.
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Come watch highlights from the two-hour documentary film about this controversial philosopher and stay for a discussion panel featuring Jeffrey Van Davis, the film’s director, and Rockford College faculty members Stephen Hicks (Philosophy), David Sytsma (History), and Jules Gleicher (Political Science).
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Friday, March 4 from 3-5 p.m. in the CEE office in Burpee
Interview with Eduardo Marty
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Eduardo Marty is the Founder of Junior Achievement Argentina, an educational outreach program. Students in JA are taught how to prepare a business plan and raise funds. Approximately 50,000 students per year across Argentina participate. Marty has also held academic posts as professor at the University Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala, and the University of Buenos Aires. He was the host of Buenos Aires’s major television talk show Boom—Politics and Economics. We met with Mr. Marty in Buenos Aires to talk about his business education programs for young people and the state of entrepreneurship in South America.
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Kaizen: Where did you grow up in Argentina?
Marty: In Buenos Aires. I went to elementary and high school here and the University too.
Kaizen: Before university, what was your education like?
Marty: Well, I went to school called National Buenos Aires. That’s the oldest high school in Buenos Aires, created in 1770. It’s a public school, but it’s a very prestigious one. It was the first school in Buenos Aires. To enter, you need to pass a very tough test once you finish elementary school. From five students submitting and applying—they accept just one. Our education is divided into elementary school and then secondary school. When I was in sixth grade I tried to pass the exam and I did it, so I was one year younger than the rest.
The Jewish community attends that school a lot. It is a very intellectual community here in Buenos Aires. By the way, you know that after New York Buenos Aires has the second largest Jewish community in the hemisphere.
CEE Interview with David R. Henderson
Friday, February 18th, 2011Dr. Stephen Hicks, CEE’s executive director, talks with economist David R. Henderson on seven myths about free markets.
Spring 2011 CEE Guest Speakers
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Dr. Al Gini is a Professor of Business Ethics and Chair of the Department of Management in the School of Business Administration at Loyola University Chicago. He is also the cofounder and Associate Editor of Business Ethics Quarterly, the journal of the Society for Business Ethics. His books include: My Job My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual (Routledge, 2000); The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure and Vacations (Routledge, 2003); Why It’s Hard to Be Good (Routledge, 2006); Seeking The Truth of Things (ACTA, 2010)..
Dr. Gini will give two talks on Thursday, February 10:
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“The Importance of Humor in Business”
9:30 to 10:45, SCAR 12
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“10 Critical Tasks for Leadership”
11:00 to 12:15, SCAR 16
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Dr. David R. Henderson is an associate professor of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and a research fellow with Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He is the author of The Joy of Freedom: An Economist’s Odyssey and the editor of The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He was previously a senior economist with the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and has testified before House and Senate congressional committees. He has also appeared on CNN, The O’Reilly Factor, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and C-SPAN..
Dr. Henderson will give a talk on Thursday, February 17:
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“Seven Myths about Free Markets”
11:00 to 12:15, SCAR 16
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All who are interested may attend.
Entrepreneurship in Colombia
Monday, January 31st, 2011
Colombia may be associated with violence and drugs in popular culture, but it has recently been strengthening its entrepreneurial base, says the Kauffman Foundation’s Policy Forum Blog. The Colombian government has been removing barriers to starting businesses, educational institutions have been adding more entrepreneurship courses and programs, more business incubators are cropping up, and there is an increased focus on entrepreneurship in the media. Certainly there are still problems with drugs and violence, creating a chaotic environment that discourages many potential entrepreneurs. Nonetheless, some entrepreneurs have found creative ways to respond, such as a company that produces bullet-proof underwear.
Read more at the Policy Forum Blog.
Upcoming Symposium: Morality Without God?
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
Rockford College Campus Intervarsity and the Secular Student Alliance will co-sponsor a symposium presenting different perspectives on this question.
Is life purposeless or meaningless without belief in a particular God or religion?
Without God, does that mean “anything goes”?
Does belief in a particular God or religion incline one to morality? Does it matter which religion or God?
Join the discussion on:
Tuesday, November 30th
Peterson Auditorium, STARR
4-5:30 PM
All are welcome!
A New Minor in Ethics at Rockford College
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Great news via Stephen Hicks’s website: the Department of Philosophy at Rockford College announced a new minor track in Ethics.
The core courses include several sponsored by CEE: Introduction to Ethics, Biomedical Ethics, Sports Ethics, Business and Economic Ethics, Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and Ethical Theory. The department will also offer occasional special topics courses with a strong value component that can count toward the minor.
Take a look at the flyer for the Ethics minor here [PDF].
