Archive for Tag “capitalism”


8 min. Firefighters and Free Markets

Elan Journo discusses the case of a homeowner whose house was allowed to burn because he did not pay a fee for firefighting services. (Pajamas TV interview; 8 min.)

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99 min. Capitalism: Who Needs It—Ayn Rand and the American System

This talk by Yaron Brook was recorded in Chicago on June 9, 2010, as part of the ARC Speaker Series.

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12 min. Regulation and the Recession

Yaron Brook is a guest on Lakes Live (KDLM, Detroit) to discuss the fact that regulation, not capitalism, is to blame for the recession.

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20 min. Ayn Rand and the Future

Yaron Brook appears on The Wall Street Shuffle for a discussion of the future of the economy and the culture.

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98 min. Lessons from the Financial Crisis: More Government or Less?

Yaron Brook participated in this moderated debate with Peter Kadzis at the Ford Hall Forum on May 20, 2010, discussing the lessons learned during the financial crisis—from bailouts to reforms to our efforts to prevent another economic disaster.

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89 min. Defending Capitalism

Ayn Rand called capitalism the “unknown ideal,” arguing that “it is capitalism’s alleged champions who are responsible for the fact that capitalism is being destroyed without a hearing, without a trial, without any public knowledge of its principles, its nature, its history, or its moral meaning.” In this talk, delivered July 5 at Objectivist Summer Conference 2010, Dr. Brook shows how Objectivism succeeds at making the case for free markets, and why capitalism’s traditional defenders have failed. Special emphasis is given to Objectivism’s radical moral defense of free markets and Ayn Rand’s view that capitalism is the system of objectivity.

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5 min. How to Free Health Care

Yaron Brook presents a series of concrete suggestions on how to bring us closer to a free market in health care. This is an excerpt from the Q-&-A session of a talk that Dr. Brook delivered at the University of Pennsylvania on May 11, 2010.

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52 min. What Can You Do to Stop the Alarming Expansion of Government?

If, like many Americans, you feel a growing sense of helplessness over the government’s growing intrusions into our economy and our daily lives, you’ll want to watch this timely discussion by Yaron Brook, recorded in on April 27, 2010, in San Diego as part of the ARC Speaker Series.

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26 min. The Foreign Policy of a Mixed Economy

How foreign aid expands a mixed economy’s warfare to an international arena. Ayn Rand reads and extemporaneously comments on her article “The Pull Peddlers.”

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13 min. Will a New Czar Save the Gulf?

Yaron Brook discusses the Obama administration’s response to the Gulf oil spill, and how it is a manifestation of an ongoing campaign against business. (Pajamas TV interview; 13 min.)

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