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 and breakthroughs within business

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 really opened my eyes to the downfalls

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 quite interesting to me. He began by

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

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, but I have never stopped to understand its

Week 14 Reflection

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?" When thinking in terms of government subsidies

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

Understanding the Differences between Political- and Market-Entrepreneurs

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 corruption and should thus be illegal. However,

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 company?" To put it plainly no I would

v Image Source The following post is in response to the question "Should political entrepreneurs exist, and does their presence hinder democracy?” posed by @alexmay2022 No, political entrepreneurs

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

Week 14 question response

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 take control of operations. Was

@joshweertman posed the question "If subsidies are harmful to the free market, why are they still used by the government?" From the Oxford dictionary, a subsidy is "a sum of money granted

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

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 economy that also has a direct tie to

These are questions on 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 was actually a result of political