Ah, the holiday shopping season is upon us and with it comes renewed outcries against Black Friday shopping and one of the statists favorite whipping boys: Wal-Mart. Mixed in with the calls to boycott Wal-Mart, obstruct entrances with protests, or vandalize their stores by replacing signage are the usual complaints about the “low wages” offered by such big retailers, citing that significant (supposedly) numbers of employees have to rely on welfare to make ends meet. Usually such
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Podcast Roundup – November 4
Here are this week’s episodes from the Objectivism related podcasts I try to listen to. They are all great sources of information and insight on applying objectivist principles to everyday life.
Philosophy in Action with Dr. Diana Hsieh
- The speed of free market reforms
- The role of empathy in morality
- Rapid fire questions
Yaron Brook on Dr. Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 294
- Should we all be entrepreneurs?
- Is there any real hope that America will embark on a better path after Obama?
- Isn’t it the case that people hate Wal-Mart because it engages in cronyism?
- Sex-offenders
- Should we encourage encryption technologies to resist government intrusion?
- Are metropolitan bankruptcies a manifestation of Atlas Shurgged?
I have also been listening to recorded lectures available from the Ayn Rand estore. This week I have been listening to:
I can’t recommend Eric Daniels lecture series enough. They