By Sandra J. Peart, Dean and E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies and President of the Jepson Scholars Foundation
Surveying the economic landscape in 1930, John Maynard Keynes opined that “the permanent problem of the human race” would be resolved in two generations. “The struggle for subsistence,” then our “most pressing problem,” would fade, replaced by affluence unimagined before
Read moreIn a wonderfully articulated opinion piece, Stefanie Haeffele-Balch and Virgil Henry Storr expounded on how Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments described a system of ethics in which discourse leads to moderation. Smith’s idea is that discussion facilitates the imagination:
Read moreAdam Smith defies simple-minded characterizations. And there are still plenty of open problems that stem from his work. These are my two takeaways from a terrific set of papers and plenary talks at the International Adam Smith Society Chile conference
Read moreClose to a decade ago, I published an opinion piece in USA Today: “Ethics in an Uncivil Age” (30 September 2010). At the time, it seemed that we were at a watershed, when incivility was at an all-time high. Of
Read moreAs the Jepson School of Leadership Studies enters its second quarter century, we have much to celebrate. We have more students and more demand for classes than ever. The need for leadership education remains strong; leadership programs are academically serious
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