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November 4, 2024 • McDonough School of Business
Business as a Force for Good: MBA Students Support Hurricane Helene Victims Through Ethics Project
March 11, 2024 • CBC
Advocacy group concerned pay-for-plasma clinics expanding to Ontario will hurt voluntary donations
A selection from the article: Peter Jaworski, a Canadian scholar, is associate professor at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. and an adjunct professor at Virginia School of Law. He said paid clinics could help Canada become […]
March 4, 2024 • Youtube
Jason Brennan and Hélène Landemore, Debating Democracy (University of Zurich’s UBS Center, 2024)
March 4, 2024 • Youtube
Jason Brennan “Everything Wrong with Democracy” on the Alex O’Connor Podcast (January 28, 2024)
Jason Brennan discusses democracy on the Alex O’Connor Podcast,
July 6, 2023 • The Hill
On the affirmative action ruling, the Supreme Court got it half right
By John Hasnas Is the Supreme Court’s ruling on SFFA v. Harvard a good decision? Well, yes and no. It’s a great decision with regard to the University of North Carolina and […]
April 30, 2023 • Article
Is the effective altruism movement in trouble?
By Olúfẹ́mi O Táíwò and Joshua Stein Sam Bankman-Fried’s recent alleged fraud raises familiar questions about the reliability and regulation of cryptocurrency. But it also calls into question “effective altruism”, […]
October 11, 2022 • Daily NOUS
Free Business Ethics Course Materials
By Justin Weinberg A team of scholars at Georgetown University have developed a set of open-access resources for teaching and learning business ethics. The package of materials, “Business Ethics in […]
September 13, 2022 • Reason Magazine
Defensive Gun Use Among Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, Asians, and American Indians
By Eugene Volokh As I mentioned yesterday, there’s a new survey aimed at determining patterns of gun ownership and defensive gun use, from Prof. William English at the Georgetown University. […]
September 12, 2022 • American Institute for Economic Research
The Venture Capitalist Approach to Being an Academic
Traditional capitalist investors seek steady returns on investments with little risk of failure. Venture capitalists, however, invest in an array of risky but potentially high-return projects. Similarly, traditional academics seek […]
September 9, 2022 • Washington Examiner
Georgetown professor: AR-15 ‘commonly owned’ and ‘incredibly popular’
By Paul Bedard In the national debate over banning AR-15-style rifles, there has been a noted lack of information other than anecdotal and heavily biased reports. On the gun ban […]
August 10, 2022 • The Globe and Mail
“Canadian Blood Services eyes getting plasma from paid donors amid supply challenges”
Canadian Blood Services says it may for the first time work with private companies that pay people in Canada for their blood plasma.
August 1, 2022 • Le Point
“La plupart des personnes politisées se comportent comme des hooligans”
Le chercheur américain Jason Brennan livre une analyse pessimiste de la politique, dont nous devrions tous nous détourner autant que possible.
June 15, 2022 • Divided We Fall
The Impact of Voter Turnout on Polarization
Will Increasing Turnout So Everyone Votes Reduce Polarization and Extreme Partisanship? Will Increasing Turnout So Everyone Votes Reduce Polarization and Extreme Partisanship? By Michael Neblo, Jason Brennan, and Whitney Quesenbery. Engaging Constituents is […]
May 2, 2022 • E-International Relations
Interview with E-International Relations
Where do you see the most exciting research/debates happening in your field? Let’s talk specifically about democratic theory. Over on the normative side, that is, the side that is trying […]
April 1, 2022 • Liberty Fund
The Great Antidote: Jason Brennan on Incentives and Criminal Justice
Podcast: Juliette Sellgren with Jason Brennan
February 16, 2022 • National Review
How Georgetown Is Stifling Speech on Campus
The university is implementing the academic analog of a SLAPP suit against Ilya Shapiro. How do you stifle unpopular speech at a place like Georgetown University whose policy states that […]
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