This is part 2 of a 6-part article. Read Part 1 Here Anti-Federalist Prediction #1: The Executive Branch Will Increase Influence Over National Budget Prediction: The Executive Branch will increase its say over the national budget and then drastically increase debt, run harmful deficits, engage in unconstitutional military actions, and … [Read more...]
The Anti-Federalists, Entrepreneurship, & the Future of Freedom, Part 2: Executive Branch & National Debt
The Anti-Federalists, Entrepreneurship, & the Future of Freedom, Part 1: Predictions
This is part 1 of a 6 -part article. Subsequent segments will be published daily. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Like Gladstone, I believe the U.S. Constitution to be “the greatest work ever struck off by the mind and purpose of man.” Even though it had its flaws—especially slavery—it actually provided for the fixing … [Read more...]
The Entrepreneurial Foundations of Free Society, Part 5: Eco v. Ego
Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article This is part 5 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here For years American politics has been dominated by two parties, one emphasizing success and the other nurture. This battle of Ego versus Eco still drives most national … [Read more...]
The Entrepreneurial Foundations of Free Society, Part 4: IQ v. EQ
This is part 4 of a 5-part article. Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 5 Here For a long time America used IQ as the measure of intelligence as well as a predictor of academic and career success. IQ tests measured literary, mathematical and spatial … [Read more...]
The Entrepreneurial Foundations of Free Society, Part 3: Personality
This is part 3 of a 5-part article. Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here Add personality types to the intelligences and skills, and our realization of the need for widespread entrepreneurial talent and experience intensifies. Where the Greeks … [Read more...]
The Entrepreneurial Foundations of Free Society, Part 2: Skills
Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article This is part 2 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here The lessons of such expertise naturally impact the prosperity and freedom of a society. And such lessons come from depth in many of the intelligences instead of general … [Read more...]
The Entrepreneurial Foundations of Free Society, Part 1: Intelligences
Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article This is part 1 of a 5-part article. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here Howard Gardner’s research suggests that there are fundamentally seven basic intelligences: literary, mathematical, artistic, musical, spatial, interpersonal and … [Read more...]
How to Become a Producer, Part 4: Three Steps
Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article This is part 4 of a 4-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here But all of this commentary falls short of the real point. Only the individual can truly become an entrepreneur. If there is to be a much-needed revolution that brings many more entrepreneurs … [Read more...]
How to Become a Producer, Part 3: The Answer
This is part 3 of a 4-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 4 Here How do we create more producers? The answer, as frustrating as it is to the experts, is this: We don’t. That is, institutionalized and standardized programs do not of themselves yield producers, except by happenstance (as noted above). The very … [Read more...]
How to Become a Producer, Part 2: Three Types of Independents
This is part 2 of a 4-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here There are three groups with long-term independence whose members are permanently free from dependence on a paycheck. The first two are made up of people supported by trust funds or equivalent, covered financially for life by wealth earned or passed … [Read more...]