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This article, published by The Seattle University Spectator, discusses a presentation given at Discovery Institute: It was Hamod who kicked off the presentation at the Discovery Institute in Seattle on Wednesday. Currently, the top 10 states that export goods to Iraq are Texas, South Carolina, California, Arkansas, Alabama, Ohio, Louisiana, New York, Oregon and Georgia. The rest of the article Read More ›
This article, published by the CNN Belief Blog, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay W. Richards: Consider the cause of the 2008 economic meltdown. Was it primarily the result of Wall Street greed? Jay W. Richards doesn’t think so. Richards is a senior fellow at the conservative think-tank the Discovery Institute and author of “Money, Greed and God: Why Capitalism Read More ›
Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder had an interview with ReasonTV. Click here to access the YouTube video of the interview.
In “From Jesus’ socialism to capitalistic Christianity,” Gregory Paul argues that American Christians who defend the free economy are involved in a profound contradiction, since Jesus and Christianity are self-evidently socialistic. Let’s pass over his caricature of capitalism, since no one would defend the idea as he describes it, and get to the two big holes in his argument. The Read More ›
This article, published by The Wall Street Journal, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: Mr. Gilder championed the then-emerging Silicon Valley paradigm. He quoted technologist Carver Mead: “We depend on the innovations of the citizens of a free economy to keep ahead of the bureaucrats and the people who make a living on control and planning. In the long Read More ›
This article, published by The Washington Post, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow John Wohlstetter: Reader and blogger John Wohlstetter shares this interesting analysis: To put the corporate jet versus students juxtaposition in perspective, the most popular student aid program is the Pell Grant, named for the late Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island. A look at the Department of Education budget shows Read More ›
The restructuring of our economy is as significant as the recession. Tech writer George Gilder (Microcosm, Telecosm and, most recently, The Israel Test) will describe the way new technology can rescue the US, and the world, from the present slump. Some think the high tech revolution is exhausted; Gilder says, “Not so fast!”
There is a maxim in the business world: Never bet the company. Wall Street “masters of the universe” ignored that maxim. The result was the financial meltdown in 2008. Republicans ignored it in the famous 1995 budget showdown with President Clinton. The result was that voters blamed the GOP for the subsequent government shutdown and Clinton was re-elected in 1996. Read More ›
The restructuring of our economy is as significant as the recession. Tech writer George Gilder (Microcosm, Telecosm and, most recently, The Israel Test) will describe the way new technology can rescue the US, and the world, from the present slump. Some think the high tech revolution is exhausted; Gilder says, “Not so fast!”