You may have noticed that you can now listen to all of Ayn Rand’s Ford Hall Forum talks on our website. But you may not have noticed that we have now made (almost) all these talks available for download — free of charge.
Senator Bernie Sanders loves to cite Scandinavian countries like Sweden as some sort of ideal. Sweden allegedly proves that his “social democratic” vision for America is both possible and desirable. Truth is that Sweden’s economic history proves the complete opposite.
On November 17, in London, U.K., the Adam Smith Institute will hold its fourth annual Ayn Rand Lecture. This time around Ken Moelis, founder and CEO of Moelis & Company, has been invited to give a talk titled “Check Your Premises: An Objectivist’s Approach to the Modern World.”
When the Iran nuclear deal was signed last summer, the Obama administration celebrated it as a diplomatic triumph. Many supporters of the accord endorsed it on the grounds that it could delay Iran’s nuclear program. At the time I argued in The Federalist that the case for the deal hinged in large part on willfully disregarding Tehran’s malignant ideological character and goals. A militant theocracy, the Iranian regime actively funds jihadist groups and calls for our destruction.
You don’t have to believe in class warfare to be troubled by economic inequality — at least not according to Vox.com, which breathlessly quotes Angus Deaton, this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in economics. According to Vox.com, Deaton makes a “compelling” case that inequality threatens democracy.
In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged businesspeople are portrayed as moral heroes by virtue of their enterprising vision and productivity. To help students identify their own purpose and pursue it with joyful conviction, ARI and STRIVE are co-hosting the Leven Foundation student conference on “The Morality of Value Creation and Trade.” Here, students will connect with professionals around the philosophy and business principles behind their success, informed by the ideas of Ayn Rand.
Don’t miss an all new episode of The Yaron Brook Show this Saturday, October 17, in which Yaron will weigh in on the immigration debate. He’ll be joined by ARI’s Onkar Ghate.
In the case of Sophie Zhao, The Fountainhead essay contest winner, the third time’s the charm. In 2015, Zhao read the Ayn Rand novel for the third time before submitting an entry into this year’s essay contest and was thrilled to be named the winner.
Donald Trump’s “straight talk” has once again created a minor controversy, at least among many commentators on the right. Trump recently told Fox News’s Bret Baier that he thinks the use of eminent domain is “a wonderful thing.” His comments give us more insight (if we needed it) into the kind of politician Trump would be.
Universal health care, a system in which the government guarantees everyone a certain level of medical care, is considered by many an ideal. In countries that have it, medicine is said to be cheaper, of better quality and available to everyone. In this talk, I explain the alleged ideal of universal health care and then challenge it.
