Never show up to a small business event wearing a tie. I learned that—along with other, more valuable pieces of wisdom—last month at the Atlantic’s Small Business Forum.
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On Fridays, we bring you the best of our blog and the best of the web. This week's roundup includes a prescription for national humility, the morality of productivity, lessons on inflation and more. |
Setting aside the substance of Obama's inauguration address, the pop star lip synching debates, the reported audiovisual troubles in the far reaches of the National Mall and other topics that have spawned recent Twitter chatter since Obama's second swearing in, I have one question after reflecting on the "Faith in America's Future" inauguration. 1 Comment |
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As much as I've brainstormed and tried to come up with new analogies and arguments for values and well, capitalism, I keep coming back to foundational questions. It's a new year, which is always a good time to go back to basics. |
Move over, craft beer. According to a recent article in the New York Times, the latest trend at the public house is to offer a portion of profits from its beer sales to charity. 1 Comment |
We recently asked Hugh Whelchel questions related to the significance of work, what it means to have a "calling" and more. Hugh Whelchel is the executive director of the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics (IFWE). |
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Father Robert Sirico, a leader in "morality of capitalism" public arguments, recently spoke at my alma mater, Hillsdale College, on how to think about social justice. Social justice is another of those squishy phrases that no sane person is against until they find out what it means. 3 Comments |
Our first guest this week on The RJ Moeller Show is Dr. Samuel Gregg. Dr. Gregg is director of research at the Acton Institute. He has written and spoken extensively on questions of political economy, economic history, ethics in finance and natural law theory. |
In the intriguing short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," Ursula Le Guin provides a brutal criticism of a fictional society. Borrowing from Dostoyevsky's basic premise in "The Brothers Karamazov," Le Guin describes the community of Omelas, a seemingly utopian town, filled with cheer and absent of worry. |