Dr. Stephen Hicks, CEE’s Executive Director, talks with Fall 2009 guest speaker Dr. Jerry Kirkpatrick about his recent book, “Montessori, Dewey, and Capitalism”. Dr. Kirkpatrick compares and contrasts the educational philosophies and methods of John Dewey and Maria Montessori, and discusses the potential benefits of such methods in a capitalist society.

Garry Kasparov, Tyler Cowen, Robert Reich, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and others weigh in on this question posed by the John Templeton Foundation as part of their “Big Questions” series.