Course Calendar

  1. Why are you here?

    Aug 23
  2. What do we mean by "intersection of business and liberal arts"? (Pt. 1)

    Aug 28
  3. What do we mean by "intersection of business and liberal arts"? (Pt. 2)

    Aug 30
  4. Speaker Dr. Paul Blaschko

    What makes for robust dialogue?

    Sep 04
  5. Where does our sense of "the economy" come from?

    Sep 06
  6. Speaker Dr. Dave O'Connor

    What is a well-ordered society, and where does this idea come from? (Pt. 1)

    Sep 11
  7. What is a well-ordered society, and where does this idea come from? (Pt. 2)

    Sep 13
  8. Speaker Dr. Jim Otteson

    What role can business have in a just and humane society?

    Sep 18
  9. Can a capitalist society be a just society? (Pt. 1)

    Sep 20
  10. Speaker Dr. Joshua Specht

    How did railroads shape corporate America?

    Sep 25
  11. Do societal gains justify environmental costs?

    Sep 27
  12. Speaker Dr. Korey Garibaldi

    How has American capitalism motivated European imperialism?

    Oct 02
  13. Can a capitalist society be a just society? (Pt. 2)

    Oct 04
  14. Speaker Dr. Daniel Graff

    What makes a wage just or unjust?

    Oct 09
  15. Is economic development a common good? (Pt. 1)

    Oct 11
  16. Speaker Tom Purekal

    Can economies grow and be inclusive at the same time?

    Oct 23
  17. Is economic development a common good? (Pt. 2)

    Oct 25
  18. Speaker Dr. John Behrens

    What are the *real* problems and potential of emerging technology for the economy, enterprise, and society? (Pt. 1)

    Oct 30
  19. What are the *real* problems and potential of emerging technology for the economy, enterprise, and society? (Pt. 2)

    Nov 01
  20. Speaker Dr. Chris Hedlin

    Is business ethics a false premise? (Pt. 1)

    Nov 06
  21. Speaker Dr. Chris Hedlin

    Is business ethics a false premise? (Pt. 2)

    Nov 08
  22. Open Discussion

    Nov 13
  23. Speaker Patty Brady, Rick Buhrman, and Paul Buser (The Art of Investing)

    How should one invest one's resources?

    Nov 15
  24. Speaker Dr. Thomas Stapleford

    Can business be a site for cultivating virtue?

    Nov 20
  25. Speaker Dr. Pamela Wojcik

    How precarious is your future? (Pt. 1)

    Nov 27
  26. How precarious is your future? (Pt. 2)

    Nov 29
  27. Speaker Jonathan Hannah

    Is philanthropy a duty? (Pt. 1)

    Dec 04
  28. Is philanthropy a duty? (Pt. 2)

    Dec 06