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Yaron Brook & David Callahan Debate: Is Capitalism Moral?

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Commonwealth Club of California

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Partner:: Commonwealth Club
Location:: SF Club Office
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 10.22.12
Speakers:: Dr. Yaron Brook,; David Callahan
Tags:: capitalism; economic inequality; fiscal policy

Summary: Yaron Brook and David Callahan debate whether or not capitalism and the federal government are moral forces. From the financial crisis to Obamacare to the budget debates, the size and scope of government and the role of capitalism is being reexamined across the country.

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Dr. Yaron Brook

Yaron Brook is president of the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. He is a contributing editor of The Objective Standard and his articles have been featured in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes.com, USA Today, the Houston Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times, Providence Journal and the Orange County Register. Dr. Brook is often interviewed on radio and is a frequent guest on a variety of national TV shows, having appeared on Fox Business Network, Fox News Channel, CNN, CNBC and C-SPAN. Dr. Brook, a former finance professor, lectures on Objectivism, capitalism, business and foreign policy at college campuses, community groups and corporations across America and throughout the world.

David Callahan

David Callahan is a co-founder of Demos and now edits the Demos blog PolicyShop.net. David is the author of eight books and his many articles have been published in such places as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, and The American Prospect.

He is also a regular commentator on television and radio programs and a frequent public speaker. David's research and writing has focused in several areas. He has written extensively on taxes and fiscal policy, the social safety net, financial reform, regulation, and trade and globalization. In addition, his research has focused on issues of values and ethics.

He is the author of The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Do Well as well as The Moral Center: How Progressives Can Unite America Around Our Shared Values. His latest book Fortunes of Change: The Rise of the Liberal Rich and the Remaking of America was published in 2010.

David has also written several books on U.S. national security policy, including Unwinnable Wars: American Power and Ethnic Conflict. David received his B.A. at Hampshire College and his Ph.D in Politics at Princeton University.

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01.: Jeffrey Farber Introduces Debate: Is Capitalism Moral?

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02.: Yaron Brook: Defining Capitalism and Morality

05 min 27 sec

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03.: David Callahan: New Gilded Age

07 min 43 sec

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04.: Reason as a Virtue

03 min 44 sec

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05.: Arguing a Rational System: Selflessness

03 min 48 sec

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06.: Community and Capitalism

05 min 25 sec

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07.: Public vs. Private Education

05 min 51 sec

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08.: Measuring Success

04 min 14 sec

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09.: Believing in Work

03 min 46 sec

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10.: Globalization and Competition

04 min 12 sec

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11.: Liability and the FDA

02 min 06 sec

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12.: Tax System and Wealth

03 min 31 sec

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13.: Millennials: Making World a Better Place

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14.: Making Product vs. Making Investments

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15.: Inequity in Capitalism

02 min 38 sec

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16.: Real Competition: "We Don't Know What Good Is"

02 min 28 sec

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17.: Conclusion

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Charity & Capitalism: How Millennials Make Social Good

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Social entrepreneur Ruth Shapiro asks Yaron Brook, president of the Ayn Rand Institute, and David Callahan, co-founder of the think-tank Demos, how the Millennial Generation can do the most good.
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