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Week 14 Reflection -- Vanderbilt's Steam Boat Revolution

Image Source This week, the lecture we were tasked with listening to or watching is Burt Folsom’s speech on the Myth of the Robber Barons. Many interesting developments

Week 14 Reflection - Downfalls of Government Subsidies in American History

Image Source (me) This week we were assigned to listen to a talk that Burt Folsom did on the Myth of Robber Barrons. He discusses multiple different stories that

Week 14 Reflection -- Collins vs. Vanderbilt

Image Source Although fairly strewn out and dramatized, Mr. Folsom's description of the United States and the cumulation of its dominance in the global economy was

Week 14 Reflection: Why market entrepreneurs succeed

Dr. Burt Folsom spoke at the Young America’s Foundation Conservative Student Conference, where he explains how political entrepreneurs have failed compared to market

Week 14 reflection -- mmm Boats

From: worthpoint.com This late into the semester we have been talking about "entrepreneurs" and we throw that term around a lot, we use it frequently,

Week 14 Reflection

This week we got to watch a video from C-SPAN that Burt Folsom led. The Constitution was created to make a somewhat limited government. In America, we value our

Week 14 One Question Response - Government Subsidies

This post is in response to the question "How would a return to federalism limit the extent to which political entrepreneurs can defraud the citizenry?"

Week 14 Reflection -- The Surprising History of Political Entrepreneurship

Dr. Folsom gave an insightful talk about the United States' history with political entrepreneurship and the difference between political entrepreneurship and market

Week 14 -- Reflection -- Understanding the Differences between Political- and Market-Entrepreneurs

This post is a reflection of Burt Folsom's August 3, 2010, talk to Young America's Foundation Conservative Student Conference. Burt Folsom is the author of "Myth

Week 14 One Question Response --- Reenacting Federalism to Counter Corruption

Image Source I write this in response to the question given to us this week, “One could argue that political entrepreneurship represents a distinct path toward

Week 14 Response -- Understanding the Differences between Political- and Market-Entrepreneurs

Image source generalfritz14 posted the question "Would you trust a politician making non-bias decisions for the economy that also has a direct tie to a

Week 14 Reponse - Politcal Entrepreneurs and Pool Chairs

v Image Source The following post is in response to the question "Should political entrepreneurs exist, and does their presence hinder democracy?” posed by

Week 14 response: Do political entrepreneurs still exist?

@atamme question: Are political entrepreneurs on the rise while market entrepreneurs are on the decline? I believe that political entrepreneurs in the original context

WEEK 14 Question Response

This post is a response to @allisonmckinney question, "If you were to become an entrepreneur what would be the best form of promotion for you?" For a long

Week 14 Response -- Trump's Bussiness

From: Family Guy @generalfritz14 asks: When Donald Trump became elected president in 2016, he completely stepped away from the real estate business and let his children

Week 14 -- Response -- Difference Between Political- and Market- Enterprise

@joshweertman posed the question "If subsidies are harmful to the free market, why are they still used by the government?" From the Oxford dictionary,

Week 14 Questions: Market v.s. Political Entrepreneurs

Which type of entrepreneur holds more political power? Which type of entrepreneur affects a population more? Depending, is their impact more positive or negative?

Week 14 Questions - Understanding the Differences between Political- and Market-Entrepreneurs

Image Source At what point does politcal-entrepreneurship cross the line and become insider trading? Would you trust a politician making non-bias decisions for the

Week 14 Questions -- Understanding the Differences between Political- and Market-Entrepreneurs

Image Source Can a major company be made by a market-entrepreneur? If so, are there any companies like this now? If not, why? Do companies made by market-entrepreneurs

Week 14 Questions-- Understanding the Differences between Political- and Market- Entrepreneurs

What is a common issue that has commonly been addressed through political entrepreneurship? Is there a specific product or company you were surprised to find out