Welcome! As the name growthology.org implies, we will be sharing our thoughts in this blog on the topic of entrepreneurship and all that it implies for faster economic growth, greater individual opportunity, smart government policy, and of course, changing the world.
As officers of the nation’s largest foundation devoted to advancing understanding of the importance of entrepreneurship, we have a special interest and strong opinions about these subjects. But as it turns out, the more research the Kauffman Foundation has funded and engaged in ourselves, the more convinced we have become that, at least until recently, the linkage between entrepreneurship and growth has been unjustifiably overlooked in mainstream economics, and by policy makers as well. We hope to play our own small part in rectifying this in future entries.
Here are the ground rules we plan to follow:
1. What we write will often be the first drafts of our thoughts, and we anticipate offering as many questions as opinions. Do not be surprised if we change our minds from time to time – especially as we learn things from you (and as we discuss our views with each other and with our colleagues inside and outside the Foundation). Accordingly, do not expect us to agree on everything. The whole point of blog is to engage one another and especially you in a conversation
2. This blog is a work of the individuals who write and edit for it. What is published here are personal expressions, which do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Kauffman Foundation. The posts will usually be individual expressions, not based on the collective expression of the main editors. Our particular focus is on the research area of entrepreneurial economics and its relationship with growth. There are other areas of interest within Kauffman, which this blog will not cover.
3. We will be non-partisan, but not non-political. Celebrating entrepreneurship in America is bi-partisan, thankfully. So are ignorance, corruption, narrow-mindedness, as well as nobility, insight, and wisdom. We’ll try to point out such examples when we see them.
4. Comments and interaction are welcome. We can’t respond to everything, but we will read all of the comments. This is probably understood by the folks who actually read guidelines, but we’ll enforce civility in the comments, and remove those that that don’t measure up.
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