For Readers Interested In Being Challenged: A Talk At Skidmore College

Dr. Pushi Prasad contacted me about an upcoming lecture at Skidmore College. Dr. Prasad is the Zankel Chair Professor in Management for Liberal Arts Students at the college and is an interesting thinker. Any recommendation from her is well worth considering.

I know that many of the people who follow this blog are supporters of Donald Trump, but I also know that many are intellectually curious and willing to engage with people who may not share their views.

“Entrepreneurship versus Democracy: American Business Culture and the Road to Trump” 

“American business culture prizes little else as highly as entrepreneurship, which seems like a synonym for prosperity, innovation, and even freedom itself. But our celebration of entrepreneurship has a dark side. As our speaker will argue, efforts to promote entrepreneurship have often encouraged deference to charismatic leadership and suspicion of collective action, laying the groundwork for our current crisis of democracy.”