Articles

Apple vs. GM: Ayn Rand Knew the Difference. Do You?, by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins, in The Christian Science Monitor, March 2, 2010

Climate Vulnerability and the Indispensable Value of Industrial Capitalism (PDF), by Keith Lockitch. Published in Energy & Environment, Vol. 20, No. 5, 2009.

The Corrupt Critics of CEO Pay, by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins

Vindicating Capitalism: The Real History of the Standard Oil Company
By Alex Epstein
The Objective Standard, Summer 2008

The Morality of Moneylending: A Short History
By Yaron Brook
The Objective Standard, Fall 2007

Why Rent Control Is Immoral
By Michael S. Berliner.

“Buy American” is Un-American
By Harry Binswanger.

Health Care Is Not a Right
By Leonard Peikoff.

Video & Audio

Defending Capitalism

A talk by Yaron Brook at the Objectivist Summer Conference 2010.

The Morality of Capitalism

A lecture by Yaron Brook at Chapman University. See the full seven-part series on YouTube.

Why Unregulated Capitalism Is the Only Moral Social System

A lecture by Yaron Brook at the University of California, Irvine. Full lecture with Q & A available on YouTube.

Liberate, Don’t Stimulate, the Economy

A press release presented by Yaron Brook

Too Big to Bail

An op-ed by Alex Epstein

Interview with Yaron Brook
Luis Figueroa of Guatemala’s Universidad Francisco Marroquin interviews Yaron Brook on the nature of capitalism. Hosted by YouTube.

The Morality of Capitalism
By Yaron Brook, recorded April 3, 2008, at Chapman University.

Q-&-A Highlights on Capitalism
Highlights from the Q-&-A session of a lecture by Yaron Brook, recorded at the University of California, Irvine, on April 14, 2008. The talk was titled “Why Unregulated Capitalism Is the Only Moral System.”

“Ayn Rand: Radical for Capitalism”
This is a talk delivered by Dr. Yaron Brook on October 11, 2007, at the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Atlas Shrugged. It is available on the university’s Web site. Though this video opens in Spanish, Dr. Brook’s portion is in English. To view Dr. Brook, click the link to “Video Indexado - Para conexiones rapidas.” Once the video has opened, you can find Dr. Brook’s portion by clicking “Presentation of Yaron Brook” in the Table of Contents (“Contenido”).

The Morality of Capitalism
By Eric Daniels (video lecture)

The “Market Failure” Fallacy
By Brian Simpson (video lecture)

Global Capitalism: The Cure for World Oppression and Poverty
By Andrew Bernstein (video lecture)

Ayn Rand on Business & Economics

The Sanction of the Victims (video lecture)

19th-Century Capitalism (audio interview)

Capitalism vs. Communism (video interview)

The "Robber Barons" (audio interview)

America's Persecuted Minority: Big Business (audio lecture)

Egalitarianism and Inflation (audio lecture)

What Is Capitalism? (audio lecture)

Commentary from Other Sources

From time to time, ARC posts commentary from outside sources that we think may be of interest to our readers. Please note that the following items were not produced by ARC and do not necessarily reflect our views. For commentary by ARC writers, please see the Op-Eds, Articles, Press Releases and Video & Audio sections of this page.

Book review: The Tyranny of the Market: Why You Can’t Always Get What You Want, by Joel Waldfogel
By Eric Daniels
The Objective Standard, Fall 2008

Property Rights and the Crisis of the Electric Grid
By Raymond C. Niles
The Objective Standard, Summer 2008

Moral Health Care vs. "Universal Health Care"
By Lin Zinser and Paul Hsieh
The Objective Standard, Winter 2007-2008

Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal

Read selected quotations on capitalism by Ayn Rand 

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Gold and Liberty
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