The Atlas Society Chats

Robert Tracinski - Ask Me Anything - July 2022

July 19, 2022
Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a special “Ask Me Anything” where he fields your questions on Objectivism, foreign policy, politics, culture, and music.

Jason Hill - Allegory, Propaganda and Didacticism in Ayn Rand's Novels Part 1

July 15, 2022
Join Senior Scholar Dr. Jason Hill for part 1 of a special two-part discussion of certain themes in Ayn Rand’s novels.

Robert Tracinski - Post-Scarcity Economics Is Not What You Think It Is

July 12, 2022
Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a discussion in which he seeks to address: What does "scarcity" actually mean in economics, and would an economy with greater abundance make the case for a bigger welfare state—or against it?

Richard Salsman - MBAs Against Capitalism

July 7, 2022
Join Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy Richard Salsman, Ph.D. for a discussion on the disturbing trend of more and more business school graduates embarking on their corporate careers with a marked hostility to capitalism itself.

David Kelley - Induction and Deduction

June 30, 2022
Join our founder, David Kelley, Ph.D. for a special discussion in which Dr. Kelley will clarify the logical distinction in these modes of inference, addressing some common errors, and then illustrate how the distinction applies to the philosophy of Objectivism.

Jason Hill - Why Government Schools Are Vessels of Evil

June 23, 2022
Join Senior Scholar Jason Hill, Ph.D for a discussion on the moral bankruptcy of government schooling.

Richard Salsman - Ask Me Anything About Capitalism

June 16, 2022
Join Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy at Duke, Dr. Richard Salsman for a special “Ask Me Anything” where he takes questions about capitalism and free markets from the audience and our 64K Instagram audience.

Jason Hill - Ayn Rand on Civil Disobedience: A Critical Assessment

June 10, 2022
Join Senior Scholar Jason Hill, Ph.D for a discussion of Ayn Rand’s views on civil disobedience.

Robert Tracinski - Is Religion Necessary for a Free Society?

June 7, 2022
Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski where he takes questions while addressing the questions: Do we need to have religious morality in order to have a free society? Does secular liberalism sow the seeds of its own destruction?

Richard Salsman - Why "Stakeholder Capitalism" Is Fascistic

June 2, 2022
Join Atlas Society Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy at Duke, Richard Salsman, Ph.D. for a special discussion on Clubhouse about “Stakeholder Capitalism”—what it is and why it is inherently a fascistic system.

Robert Tracinski - Ask Me Anything May 2022

May 31, 2022
Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a special “Ask Me Anything” where he will field your questions on Objectivism, foreign policy, politics, culture, and music.

Jason Hill - A Moral Defense of Elitism and Meritocracy Part 2

May 27, 2022
Join our Senior Scholar, Professor Jason Hill for Part 2 of a special 2-part discussion on Elitism and Meritocracy and how higher values are threatened by the crassness of today’s culture.

Richard Salsman - Ask Me Anything May 2022

May 26, 2022
Join our Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy at Duke, Dr. Richard Salsman for a special “Ask Me Anything” where he will be taking questions from YOU and our 64K Instagram followers on Objectivism, monetary policy, politics, etc.

Robert Tracinski - Schismatology

May 24, 2022
Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski where he will be answering the questions: Why is the Objectivist movement so famously fractious? Why does it keep having bitter breaks and schisms? What can be done about this, and how should we deal with our internal disagreements?

Jason Hill - A Moral Defense of Elitism and Meritocracy Part 1

May 20, 2022
Join our Senior Scholar, Professor Jason Hill for Part 1 of a special 2-part discussion on Elitism and Meritocracy and how higher values are threatened by the crassness of today’s culture.

David Kelley - Ask Me Anything - May 2022

May 19, 2022
Join our founder, Dr. David Kelley for a special "Ask Me Anything" discussion where David Kelley takes questions from the audience and our 64K Instagram followers on philosophy, politics, Objectivism, and more.

Robert Tracinski - What Drives History?

May 17, 2022
Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a discussion on the Objectivist view of what drives history, asking the questions: how do we trace the power of ideas? And is Ayn Rand’s theory of history adequate to explain the facts?

Robert Tracinski - Abortion and Roe v. Wade

May 10, 2022
Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a discussion on the philosophical issues involved in abortion and how they might be reflected in the constitutional arguments behind the leaked Supreme Court opinion that is expected to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Richard Salsman - Judge Mizelle's Ruling Against Mask Mandates

May 5, 2022
Join Senior Scholar and Professor of Economics at Duke, Dr. Richard Salsman for a discussion about Florida Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle’s tossing out of the federal mask mandate. Dr. Salsman will also give some preliminary thoughts about the Supreme Court and the recent leak regarding the Roe v. Wade decision.

Robert Tracinski - Why We Never Learn About Economics

May 3, 2022
Join Senior Fellow, Robert Tracinski, to discuss our current economic struggles, asking the question “what keeps us making the same mistakes about economics and Big Government over and over again?”

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