The Package Deal Of “White Privilege” [Video]

POST by The Editors | View All Posts February 03, 2016

At OCON 2015, during a panel on racism, philosopher Gregory Salmieri identified the term “white privilege” as what Ayn Rand called a package deal. His comments shed valuable light on an issue that many find frustrating.

Culture And Society

Racism: A Panel from OCON 2015

POST by The Editors | View All Posts November 23, 2015

A timely addition to the Ayn Rand Institute eStore is a recording of the panel on Racism, which was delivered at the 2015 Objectivist Summer Conference.

ARI News

New Episode of The Yaron Brook Show: What’s Happening on America’s College Campuses?

POST by The Editors | View All Posts November 19, 2015

Don’t miss an all new episode of The Yaron Brook Show this Saturday, November 21, in which ARI’s Don Watkins and Steve Simpson take up the recent protests and disturbances on college campuses. The discussion begins at 2:30 p.m. Eastern.

Government And Business

Black Innovators and Entrepreneurs Under Capitalism [Video]

POST by The Editors | View All Posts October 02, 2015

That innovative black Americans flourished in late 19th- and early 20th-century America is a little-known part of our heritage. This talk by Andrew Bernstein celebrates a number of great minds — including Madame C.J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in America; George Washington Carver, who revolutionized agricultural science; and others — that, under the freedom of the capitalist system, triumphed over bigotry to reach great intellectual achievements.