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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Ad Nauseam Entrepreneurialism
John Torinus has an interesting article, UW System Needs New Kind of Leader, which raises pertinent issues and offers some reasonable options.
The only area I have strong disagreement with is his recommendation to "Emphasize entrepreneurship on each campus. Entrepreneurs re-invent economies, which Wisconsin will need in the rebound from our deepening recession. Some campuses are well down this path."
Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurialism, etc. has been pushed ad nauseam over the past few decades. This serious-sounding talking-point has little supporting evidence. This idea that everyone is a business mogul and everyone should be investing and/or starting a new business or venture, is a big reason this country is so ill-informed, ill-prepared, has crumbling infrastructure, and has seen the environment continually degraded.
The UWM Center for Economic Development performed an exhaustive study debunking the myth of the entrepreneurial university. The Hechinger Report echoed similar findings in Think universities are making lots of money from inventions? Think again. Derek Lowe found similar results for his article Innovation, at Universities and in Industry. Two others whom have studied the issue extensively, Matthew Wisnioski and Lee Vinsel, have noted identical results, most recently in The Campus Innovation Myth.
The "entrepreneurialism" drum is one that we should have stopped pounding long ago.
The only area I have strong disagreement with is his recommendation to "Emphasize entrepreneurship on each campus. Entrepreneurs re-invent economies, which Wisconsin will need in the rebound from our deepening recession. Some campuses are well down this path."
Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurialism, etc. has been pushed ad nauseam over the past few decades. This serious-sounding talking-point has little supporting evidence. This idea that everyone is a business mogul and everyone should be investing and/or starting a new business or venture, is a big reason this country is so ill-informed, ill-prepared, has crumbling infrastructure, and has seen the environment continually degraded.
The UWM Center for Economic Development performed an exhaustive study debunking the myth of the entrepreneurial university. The Hechinger Report echoed similar findings in Think universities are making lots of money from inventions? Think again. Derek Lowe found similar results for his article Innovation, at Universities and in Industry. Two others whom have studied the issue extensively, Matthew Wisnioski and Lee Vinsel, have noted identical results, most recently in The Campus Innovation Myth.
The "entrepreneurialism" drum is one that we should have stopped pounding long ago.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Weekend Reading
As Companies Seek Tax Deals, Governments Pay High Price
The Big Lie About The Entitlement State
Cash-Rich Companies Being Subsidized By Tax-Poor Governments
How State Aid To Cities Has Plummeted
$100 Million In Business Tax Credits, But At What Cost?
Public-Private Partnerships Extract Private Profit From Public Projects
Revenge Of The Reality Based Community
The 6 Craziest State Gun Laws
The 12 Biggest Companies Paying Workers The Least
12 Facts About Guns/Mass Shootings In The U.S.
When Government Does Things Better Than Private Enterprise
Who Broke America's Jobs Machine?
Why Isn't Obama Demanding Corporate Welfare Cuts?
The Big Lie About The Entitlement State
Cash-Rich Companies Being Subsidized By Tax-Poor Governments
How State Aid To Cities Has Plummeted
$100 Million In Business Tax Credits, But At What Cost?
Public-Private Partnerships Extract Private Profit From Public Projects
Revenge Of The Reality Based Community
The 6 Craziest State Gun Laws
The 12 Biggest Companies Paying Workers The Least
12 Facts About Guns/Mass Shootings In The U.S.
When Government Does Things Better Than Private Enterprise
Who Broke America's Jobs Machine?
Why Isn't Obama Demanding Corporate Welfare Cuts?
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