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  • The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date 

    It was once common knowledge that the world was flat, and later, that the universe revolved around the Earth. Those are fallacies from long ago, but what about the myths of this century? Wasn't it just a few years ago

  • How America Can Achieve Better Capitalism 

    In the wake of the Great Recession and America's sluggish recovery from it, economists, policymakers, media pundits and "armchair commentators" in living rooms across America have argued about what has gone wrong with American capitalism. Even so, few constructive remedies have emerged. Better Capitalism: Renewing the Entrepreneurial Strength of the American Economy cuts through the chatter and offers a detailed, practical blueprint to restore the vigor of the American economy.

  • Understanding the Economy, One Business at a Time 

    Measurement of business activity has advanced scientifically more slowly than measurement of household activity. As a result, many of our limitations in understanding the complexities of entrepreneurship stem from a basic lack of data – something the Kauffman Foundation is working to change.

  • The Future of the Research University: Meeting the Global Challenges of the 21st Century 

    At the 2008 Kauffman-Max Planck Institute Summit, more than a dozen speakers from Europe, the United States, and Israel, representing some of the finest institutions and freshest thinking on the planet, convened to explore in depth the ways research universities can foster entrepreneurship in the societies around them. The result is this unprecedented volume of essays and discussion synopses, which provides ideas and practical examples for the entrepreneurial research university.

  • Building Interest in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Among European Foundations 

    Karen Wilson, Kauffman Senior Fellow, interviews individuals at three leading foundations in Europe that have been active in promoting entrepreneurship.
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  • The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date 

    It was once common knowledge that the world was flat, and later, that the universe revolved around the Earth. Those are fallacies from long ago, but what about the myths of this century? Wasn't it just a few years ago

  • How America Can Achieve Better Capitalism 

    In the wake of the Great Recession and America's sluggish recovery from it, economists, policymakers, media pundits and "armchair commentators" in living rooms across America have argued about what has gone wrong with American capitalism. Even so, few constructive remedies have emerged. Better Capitalism: Renewing the Entrepreneurial Strength of the American Economy cuts through the chatter and offers a detailed, practical blueprint to restore the vigor of the American economy.

  • Understanding the Economy, One Business at a Time 

    Measurement of business activity has advanced scientifically more slowly than measurement of household activity. As a result, many of our limitations in understanding the complexities of entrepreneurship stem from a basic lack of data – something the Kauffman Foundation is working to change.