In this wide-ranging episode of The Thinkery Podcast, Carl Benjamin (known on YouTube as “Sargon of Akkad”), interviews Yaron Brook. Among the many topics covered are: Why Adam Smith’s conventional morality undermines the case for capitalism; why Ayn Rand is not a “liberal” or a “conservative”; communism as the secularization of Christianity; the need for rational education; the essence of morality.

Learn More:

• “Introducing Objectivism” by Ayn Rand

• “The Objectivist Ethics” by Ayn Rand

• YouTube Star Reads from The Ominous Parallels by Leonard Peikoff by The Editors

• Yaron Brook Returns to The Rubin Report by the Editors

• “Conservatives” vs. “Liberals” in The Ayn Rand Lexicon

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