Showing posts with label Entrepreneurs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Entrepreneurs. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 03, 2019
Saturday, July 06, 2013
Why Wichita and Kansas Are Places to Move Your Business to or Start Your Business.
John Stears writes in the Wichita Business Journal that "Wichita businessman Wink Hartman hopes [he can[ elicit warm and fuzzy feelings about living in Wichita and Kansas — and catch the eye of job creators." He has produced a pair of ads highlighting the type of people who make up our local economy and its culture of growth. Spending his own money for production and airing the ads, Stearns characterizes Hartman's campaign as "one man’s economic-development cause."
Meanwhile the American Legislative Council has boosted Kansas' economic outlook based on improved policies. Kansas jumped 15 rankings in the ALRC's ratings of the fifty states' prospects: "Rich States, Poor States."
Meanwhile the American Legislative Council has boosted Kansas' economic outlook based on improved policies. Kansas jumped 15 rankings in the ALRC's ratings of the fifty states' prospects: "Rich States, Poor States."
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Is Capitalism Moral? Is Wall Street Capitalism?
George Gilder has a new edition of his justly famous Wealth & Poverty. (Available in print form and audio book.) I would argue that the case against capitalism is a failure of imagination. Gilder goes a long way to address that void.
He makes the case that seeing capitalism as the blind pursuit of self interest is myopic. Capitalism is moral in a way that socialism is not: the entrepreneur wants to help people and is utterly dependent on others. As Schumpeter stressed, greed is not what motivates entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs are the ones that make an economy dynamic.
It has been said that Gilder's book was the economic bible of the Regan revolution. In this new edition, he addresses more recent phenomena such as the financial crisis. Far from being entrepreneurial capitalism, he sees Wall Street as the corrupt collusion of big government and big finance. The financial crisis was the inevitable result of "the usurpation [by] crony capitalism of real capitalism." He exponds his views in this interview that runs close to ten minutes:
He makes the case that seeing capitalism as the blind pursuit of self interest is myopic. Capitalism is moral in a way that socialism is not: the entrepreneur wants to help people and is utterly dependent on others. As Schumpeter stressed, greed is not what motivates entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs are the ones that make an economy dynamic.
It has been said that Gilder's book was the economic bible of the Regan revolution. In this new edition, he addresses more recent phenomena such as the financial crisis. Far from being entrepreneurial capitalism, he sees Wall Street as the corrupt collusion of big government and big finance. The financial crisis was the inevitable result of "the usurpation [by] crony capitalism of real capitalism." He exponds his views in this interview that runs close to ten minutes:
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Steve Jobs Resigns
Steve Jobs Through the Years 8/24/2011 7:54:17 PM
Steve Jobs has spent his career challenging conventions about personal computing. He's transformed an industry and changed the way we think about technology. A look back at the accomplishments of an American business icon.
Mossberg: Steve Jobs, a Historical Figure 8/24/2011 8:02:51 PM
Steve Jobs is "one of the two or three leading historical figures of the tech revolution," says WSJ personal technology columnist Walt Mossberg.
Julia Angwin on Steve Jobs's Charisma 8/24/2011 8:24:12 PM
Senior technology editor Julia Angwin discusses Steve Jobs's charisma and the intimidation factor when interviewing the Apple CEO. (Photo: AP Photo.)
Steve Jobs has spent his career challenging conventions about personal computing. He's transformed an industry and changed the way we think about technology. A look back at the accomplishments of an American business icon.
Mossberg: Steve Jobs, a Historical Figure 8/24/2011 8:02:51 PM
Steve Jobs is "one of the two or three leading historical figures of the tech revolution," says WSJ personal technology columnist Walt Mossberg.
Julia Angwin on Steve Jobs's Charisma 8/24/2011 8:24:12 PM
Senior technology editor Julia Angwin discusses Steve Jobs's charisma and the intimidation factor when interviewing the Apple CEO. (Photo: AP Photo.)
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