The first part of this post’s title is a quotation from a student in my business ethics class. She had said that to her teenagers after learning about rational self-interest, or egoism, in the course and reading How to Be Profitable and Moral. More...
Yaron Brook speaks on the Ben Shapiro Show on why capitalism cannot be justified on altruistic grounds, but only by rational egoism.
In economics Hayek is a radical; but in philosophy, unlike Ayn Rand, Hayek is a conservative.
Ayn Rand publicly recommended the works of Mises but not of Hayek. Today, when Hayek is much better known than Mises, it's worth seeing why. I came to the full realization of what's wrong with Hayek's approach while re-reading Atlas Shrugged. No,...
In this 1961 lecture, delivered to the Presidents Club of the American Management Association, Ayn Rand outlines commonly heard arguments for capitalism and emphasizes that the only proper defense is a...
Yaron Brook delves into the morality of finance, free markets, savings, insurance and using debt to fund consumption.
Capitalism is perfect precisely to the extent it’s the only social system consonant with human nature.
Philosopher Ayn Rand on why “the greatest good for the greatest number” is one of the most vicious slogans ever foisted on humanity.
Ayn Rand’s philosophy on social safety nets, capitalism, human nature and more.
“Americanism” is not rooted in the nation, the race, or any other collective, but in a universal ideal: individualism.
When grounded on the right foundations Richard Salsman shows why economics is an objective science.
When grounded on the right foundations Richard Salsman shows why economics is an objective science.
Ayn Rand argues that we must pursue self-interest—our rational values—because our lives depend on it.
Madoff was what Ayn Rand would call a second-hander: someone who tries to gain values by pleasing and manipulating others rather than thinking for himself based on observation of facts and supporting himself through productive work.
In his first interview, Ayn Rand Institute’s new CEO, Jim Brown, talked exclusively at his office in Irvine, California with Scott Holleran.
When I was about seventeen, and living in Hollywood, I met two men who introduced me to the works of Ayn Rand.
Whether you believe that acting morally costs or pays depends on your view of morality.
To make selfishness, or self-interest, unpalatable and to promote altruism instead, the majority of philosophers misrepresent self-interest as a package-deal.
