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One of the most powerful education experiences of the summer can be found at Acton University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Every June, educators from all over the country and over three dozen different countries assemble in this small by vibrant midwest town. This year I attended many great talks and lectures. The most moving was that [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2010/06/22/acton-university/feed/ 0 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/04/04/apee-in-guatemala/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/04/04/apee-in-guatemala/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:30:54 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=1008
I’m in Guatemala City for the Association of Private Enterprise Education’s (APEE) annual conference. Special thanks to Joe Keckeissen’s decade-long persistence in asking that APEE hold its conference in Guatemala in cooperation with the Universidad Francisco Marroquin.  Persistence pays off. See Professor Keckeissen’s guest post on the financial crisis here. Guatemala ended its 36-year long civil war in [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/04/04/apee-in-guatemala/feed/ 0 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/12/president-fails-economics/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/12/president-fails-economics/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:57:09 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=950
President Barak Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner received their report cards. They both failed economics, according to a survey of economists conducted by the Wall Street Journal. And when asked in an interview with Pajamas Media what President Obama ought to do, economist Thomas Sowell replied, “Resign.” Oooo, ouch. Though divided on the effectiveness of [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/12/president-fails-economics/feed/ 0 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/06/visualizing-trillions/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/06/visualizing-trillions/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:00:14 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=921
When I teach macroeconomics, we cover national income accounting and use lots of large numbers. I’ll ask students what they think the difference is between a million, a billion, and a trillion seconds of time, for a comparison of how these amounts might be related in dollar terms. The difference is jarring. A million seconds is about 11.5 [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/06/visualizing-trillions/feed/ 2 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/02/27/grading-president-obama/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/02/27/grading-president-obama/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:08:07 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=863
Clearly, the change promised during the Presidential campaign season is in the wind. But is it good? Evaluate some of the new administration’s policies in three new A&M polls. Simply navigate to the polls page by clicking on the word Polls at top right. Thanks for expressing yourself! And, if you would like to suggest poll [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/02/27/grading-president-obama/feed/ 0 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/02/13/slavery-and-freedom/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/02/13/slavery-and-freedom/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:15:27 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=830
Just returned from a brilliant lecture at the University of Arizona on slavery and freedom. The lecture was given by a visiting scholar named Professor Jacob Levy of McGill University. It was very illuminating. Though I was not able to talk afterward with Prof. Levy, I would like to formally thank him here. The lecture traced the origins of [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/02/13/slavery-and-freedom/feed/ 2 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/11/01/religious-freedom/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/11/01/religious-freedom/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:15:08 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=326
Happy Feast of All Saints! Thanks Lord for all our wonderful saints; so many sign posts, all pointing to Jesus. I just returned from an incredible one-day symposium called Reflections on Religious Liberty at Princeton University sponsored by the Witherspoon Institute with funding from the Templeton Foundation.  The speakers were Charles Harper, Robert George, Philip Hamburger, [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/11/01/religious-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/10/23/perfect-economic-storm/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/10/23/perfect-economic-storm/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:55:30 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=307
One of the more helpful editorials (among many) in the pages of the Wall Street Journal is Michael J. Boskin’s piece in today’s Journal Our Next President and the Perfect Economic Storm. To counter the simplistic claim that the recent housing and financial turmoil is the result of free markets and deregulation Mr. Boskin points to [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/10/23/perfect-economic-storm/feed/ 0 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/29/welcome-to-new-am-blog/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/29/welcome-to-new-am-blog/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:10:17 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=192
We would like to welcome you to the new Apostles & Markets website and blog. The goal of the new site is to build a community of Catholic and Christian educators, students, and their families who are interested in a dialog about contemporary issues. Discussions of issues will take place within a framework of principles from Catholic social [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/29/welcome-to-new-am-blog/feed/ 1 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/29/house-votes-markets-drop/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/29/house-votes-markets-drop/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:01:06 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=213
On the feast of St. Michael the Archangel the United States House of Representatives voted against passage of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 by 228 to 205. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost nearly 778 points shortly thereafter, its biggest one day decline. It is clear that the Catholic social doctrine principle of the common good [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/29/house-votes-markets-drop/feed/ 1