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.
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 welfare state is compatible with freedom and justice. Maxham wraps up the show with a discussion of genetically engineered flowers.
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 Svanberg, who was born and raised in Sweden. Among other things, they discuss the perception versus reality of Scandinavia in general and Sweden in particular.
On September 17, ARI fellow Don Watkins will speak about his book Equal Is Unfair: America’s Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality at the Maryland Objectivist Society in Baltimore.
Yaron Brook has been invited to be the next speaker in the Hungry Minds Speaker series.The talk takes place on August 25 at Chinook Tavern in Greenwood Village, Colorado. On August 26 and 27, he will also give two talks at the Steamboat Institute’s 8th Annual Freedom Conference and Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Today, May 11, 2016, The Undercurrent published an interview with ARI fellow Don Watkins on his new book Equal Is Unfair: Americas Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality.
On April 6, The Blaze published an all-new op-ed by Don Watkins, in which he argues that the ideal of “equality of opportunity” is undesirable, as it would, among other things, mean: “[A]n unprecedented program of wealth redistribution, sapping affluent parents of every honestly earned dollar they’ve made so long as it could be used to give their child a “head start” in life.”
In the ongoing school choice debate we are often bombarded with studies and statistics allegedly showing whether school choice works or not. But one thing that few recognize is how moral ideas shape the debate.
