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Leaving the Academy, Still Defending Markets

A scholar reflects.
Leaving the Academy, Still Defending Markets
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After five years teaching at a business school—following an academic journey through English literature, law, and humanities—I depart with an unexpected observation: many students require convincing that profit serves a legitimate purpose.

Allen Mendenhall
Allen Mendenhall
Author
Allen Mendenhall is a senior advisor for the Capital Markets Initiative at the Heritage Foundation. A lawyer with a Ph.D. in English from Auburn University, he has taught at multiple colleges and universities. His books include “Literature and Liberty” (2014), “Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Pragmatism and the Jurisprudence of Agon” (2017), “Of Bees and Boys: Lines from a Southern Lawyer” (2017), and “The Southern Philosopher: Collected Essays of John William Corrington” (2017).