Over the last two years, we have experienced a devastating financial and economic crisis. Mainstream media and mainstream economists have blamed the crisis on a failure of “free markets.” This series of lectures, delivered at Objectivist Summer Conference 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts, sets the record straight.
This lecture was recorded as part of the ARC Lecture Series on October 22, 2008. Capitalism has an undisputed record of wealth generation, yet it has always functioned under a cloud of moral suspicion. In a culture that venerates Mother Teresa as a paragon of virtue, businessmen sit in stoic silence while their pursuit of profits is denounced as selfish greed.
April 17, 2009: Yaron Brook is interviewed on the recent Tea Party protests and the economic outlook. (Pajamas TV interview; 18 min.)
April 10, 2009: Yaron Brook appears on Pajamas TV to discuss the economic outlook and the Tea Party protests. (Pajamas TV interview, 12 min.)
Recorded January 29, 2009—The media, politicians, and even many businessmen have blamed today’s financial meltdown on capitalism. But in this talk, John Allison—the longest-tenured CEO of a top-25 financial services company—argues that this crisis is a legacy of the government’s anti-capitalist policies.
From January 14, 2009: Alex Epstein is interviewed by Michael McSorley of KRMS Radio about Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged. The interview begins with a discussion of the free market and the possibility that Atlas Shrugged could now be considered non-fiction. (Two-part interview; total 19 min.)
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