Archive for Tag “regulation”


97 min. The Morality of Investing and Financial Markets

In this talk, delivered at Oxford University on January 20, Yaron Brook defends professional investing as a profoundly moral profession.

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21 min. What Would Ayn Rand Say?

The Vertex hosts this two-part interview with Yaron Brook, encompassing a brief overview of Objectivism, and how Objectivism can help to understand today’s events. A two-part recording of the interview can be downloaded, and a partial transcription is also given. (The Vertex interview; 21 min.)

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45 min. Capitalism Without Guilt

This is a lecture delivered by Yaron Brook at the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies (JIMS). This talk is delivered in English, but the introduction is given in Hebrew. The English portion of the recording begins at 5 minutes.

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9 min. Yaron Brook Israeli TV Interview

On January 14, Yaron Brook appeared in this interview on the Israeli TV program Erev Hadash. The topic was the role of capitalism and government intervention in the financial crisis. (Hebrew, with English subtitles)

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9 min. Product Safety

Yaron Brook appears as a guest on The Thom Hartmann Program to debate issues of product safety in the marketplace.

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18 min. The Decade’s Worst Economic Blunders

Yaron Brook discusses the 5 worst economic policies taken by the federal government over the last decade. (Pajamas TV interview; 18 min.)

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9 min. How Obama Hides Bad News

Yaron Brook discusses the tactics that the Obama Administration uses to hide bad news. (Pajamas TV Interview; 9 min.)

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5 min. The “Blame Game”

Yaron Brook and Alex Epstein appear on Real Orange to discuss the roots of the financial meltdown, and why free markets are not to blame.

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4 min. Product Safety

Yaron Brook discusses product safety and accountability in a free market system. Excerpted from the Q&A of the lecture “Capitalism without Guilt,” given at UC Berkeley on November 24, 2008.

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11 min. Government Health Care

Recorded August 6—Alex Epstein appears as a guest on The Thom Hartmann Program to discuss government involvement in health care.

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