Special Edition of The Yaron Brook Show: The Conservative Movement

Tune in tomorrow, Friday, February 27, for a special episode of The Yaron Brook Show. Yaron will broadcast live from CPAC, the largest annual gathering of conservatives in America, and will give his take on the conservative movement.



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Today on The Yaron Brook Show: The Oscars, ISIS and More

On today’s episode of The Yaron Brook Show, topics included: whether Obama loves America; whether ISIS is Islamic; Scott Walker; the virtues necessary for a selfish life; and the Oscars.





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Selfishness Part III: What Does Living the Good Life Require?

On Monday, February 23, Yaron Brook will talk about the virtues of rational selfishness as presented in Ayn Rand’s essay “The Objectivist Ethics” in The Virtue of Selfishness.



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Panel: Freedom of Speech or Tyranny of Silence? [Audio]

We at the Ayn Rand Institute regard free speech as essential to a free society; you can’t have one without the other. That’s why we have a long and proud history of taking an uncompromising and unequivocal stand for free speech.



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The Yaron Brook Show: Living a Flourishing Life

On today’s episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron talks about altruism in practice and the virtue of rationality. Topics included: The terrorist attacks in Denmark; the debt crisis in Greece and the morality of sacrifice; the value of reason and the virtue of rationality; selfishness and charity.



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The Debt Dialogues [Episode 39]: Steven Horwitz on Inequality, Mobility and Being Poor in America

The Debt Dialogues is a weekly podcast that aims to educate young people about the welfare state and how it will affect their future. In this episode, I interview Steven Horwitz, Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics and department chair at St. Lawrence University, on his new paper “Inequality, Mobility, and Being Poor in America.”



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Selfishness Part II: Living a Flourishing Life

Don’t forget to tune in Monday, February 16 for an all new episode of Yaron Brook’s radio show, where Yaron will continue his discussion of the meaning of selfishness and how to practice it.



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How the World Turned against Israel [Podcast]

Last summer, you might remember the street protests, the op-eds, the academic denunciations, the UN statements all rebuking Israel’s retaliation against Hamas-controlled Gaza. Rewind a couple of years to an earlier Israel-Hamas war, and the international reaction was similarly vociferous. Going back many years, the pattern holds firm. But if you go back far enough, the picture is radically different.



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ARI to Award 2015 Essay Contest Winners More Than $67,000 in Prize Money

ARI is giving away more than $67,000 in prize money to high school students who participate in its annual essay contests for Ayn Rand’s novels Anthem and The Fountainhead. This is your chance to take home cash to help pay for college, a new computer, tablet, gaming system or anything else you’ve been looking to buy. More than 400 students will be awarded cash prizes.



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The Debt Dialogues [Episode 38]: Phillip Magness on Thomas Piketty’s Empirical Claims

The Debt Dialogues is a weekly podcast that aims to educate young people about the welfare state and how it will affect their future. In this episode, I interview Phillip Magness, a policy historian and Academic Program Director at the Institute for Humane Studies, on the empirical problems with Thomas Piketty’s book on inequality, Capital in the Twenty-First Century.



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Today on The Yaron Brook Show: What Does It Mean to Be Selfish?

On today’s episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron talked about the nature and morality of selfishness. Topics included: The definition of selfishness; the superficial “selfishness” of Bernie Madoff; selfishness and benevolence; Objectivity, rationality, and happiness; why Objectivism is a philosophy of love.



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Next on ARI’s “Road to a Free Society” tour: Rituparna Basu Addressing The Impossible Math of Medicare

This month, you will have the opportunity to hear ARI analyst Rituparna Basu’s new talk, “Fifty Years Later: The Impossible Math of Medicare.”



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Monday on The Yaron Brook Show: Why You Should Be Selfish

Don’t forget to tune in Monday, February 9 for an all new episode of Yaron Brook’s radio show, where Yaron will talk about selfishness vs. altruism. Topics will include: What it means to be selfish; examples of selfishness in the world today; why altruism is immoral.



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Today on The Yaron Brook Show: How Ayn Rand Changed the World

On today’s episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron celebrated Ayn Rand’s 110th birthday and ARI’s 30th anniversary. Topics included: How Ayn Rand changed the world; Ayn Rand’s view of selfishness; the launch of ARI Europe; why Medicare is immoral.



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Tomorrow on The Yaron Brook Show: Happy Birthday, Ayn Rand

This Monday, February 2 marks Ayn Rand’s 110th birthday. Join Yaron Brook as he celebrates the occasion on an all new episode of his radio show. Other topics will include: ARI's 30th anniversary, new intellectuals, and an interview with ARI analyst Rituparna Basu.



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