In this special-edition episode of The Yaron Brook Show, ARI intern Robert Simpson interviews ARI executive director Yaron Brook on a broad array of topics including whether “globalism” is a valid concept, the value of trade deals like NAFTA, why “buy America” is un-American, the Objectivist view on emotions, the “non-aggression axiom,” the destructive myth […]
It looks like the upcoming 2016 Ayn Rand Student Conference is going to be the largest student Objectivist conference ever. The conference’s theme is free will. But what exactly is free will? Does it even exist? How do you know? What’s the Objectivist perspective? And what implications, if any, does it have for how you […]
In this pre-recorded episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron Brook sits down with ARI intern Robert Simpson to discuss trade deals, the rebellion against “globalism,” the role of government, the UN, the cultural Left and “free education.” Tune in here on October 29, at 2:30 p.m. eastern. For more news on ARI’s fight for […]
Steve Simpson is currently on the road, visiting college campuses to give talks and debate topics such as the right to free speech, economic freedom, cronyism and campaign finance reform. Yesterday, October 27, Simpson gave a talk titled “A Moral Defense of the First Amendment” at Sandra Day O’Connor Law School – Arizona State University […]
You have probably seen a “meme” or two suggesting that Sweden is a socialist paradise. What exactly are we to make of these “memes”? In this episode of The Yaron Brook Show, guest host Amanda Maxham interviews Carl Svanberg to discuss the myth of socialist Sweden, the price of “free” health care and whether the […]
In this episode of The Yaron Brook Show, originally airing live from London on October 23, Yaron Brook describes some of his impressions of Europe. He discusses our age’s fundamental conflict between reason and mysticism and explains how mysticism conditions people to authoritarianism. Brook also examines the relation between mysticism and socialism and how Progressive […]
Is Sweden a socialist utopia? In this special-edition episode of The Yaron Brook Show, guest host Amanda Maxham digs to the bottom of a couple of shared Facebook memes asserting that Sweden is a socialist heaven that the United States should try to emulate. To get the real scoop, Maxham calls ARI research associate Carl […]
What is the state of freedom? What accounts for the Left’s bankruptcy and the Right’s impotence? These are some of the questions that Yaron Brook will answer in the next episode of The Yaron Brook Show. Brook will also argue that our age’s central political conflict is a manifestation of the fundamental conflict between reason […]
What is the state of freedom of speech in America today? In this special edition-episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Steve Simpson, director of Legal Studies at ARI, takes on threats to free speech such as campaign finance laws, the culture of sensitivity on campus and government abuses of our right to speak. Special guests […]
Is it time to end the so-called war on drugs? What about the war on economic inequality? Is the rate of innovation slowing down? And if so, why? These are only some of the topics that Yaron Brook will discuss at the Battle of Ideas 2016 this weekend. The Battle of Ideas is a festival […]
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