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Cross: Occupy Wall Street Protestors Want to Take The Capitalism Out of ‘Crony Capitalism’

Oct 17, 2011 | Politics

Comments Don Watkins at Voices of Reason:
[...] the real motive of the protesters is not to end ‘crony capitalism’–it’s to attack real capitalism and end whatever is left of it in America.

For years, Washington has favored certain bankers by intervening in the market. But that has nothing to do with genuine capitalism. Capitalism means that the government does one thing–protects us from force and fraud–leaving us free to conduct our economic affairs as we see fit. [...]

What the protesters object to is not government stacking the deck to determine winners and losers. They just want the government to pick different winners and losers. They want to take the ‘capitalism’ out of ‘crony capitalism’–not the other way around.

Steve Jobs and The Death of Capitalism

Oct 9, 2011 | Politics

Scott Holleran has some poignant commentary on those who hate Steve Jobs:
The response to the death of Steve Jobs is overwhelming; as I indicated in yesterday’s post, there’s an outpouring of admiration, affection, and love for the all-American capitalist. But there’s also what Ayn Rand called the hatred of the good for being good and the contrast echoes today’s stark cultural schism. As if we needed more evidence that America is dying and desperately in need of resuscitation, the Christians known for anti-gay protests of American soldiers’ funerals announced on Twitter that its members plan to picket Steve Jobs’s funeral...

Read the rest at Scott Holleran's Blog.

Capitalist Solutions

Oct 8, 2011 | Education, Politics

Damn.We’ve just been reading Dr. Andrew Bernstein’s latest book and it is a barn-stormer. Entirely relevant to today’s political and economic problems this short volume is the perfect antidote to the problems the Occupy Wall Street children's choir are crying about.Go grab yourself a copy (and a few for your liberal– and conservative — friends) as it is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.Here is the table of contents:Introduction: Resolving the Country’s ProblemsPart 1: The Relevant Principles of ObjectivismPart 2: Rational Solutions to Current Moral/Political Problems 1 Repudiating Environmentalism in Theory and Practice 2 Defeating Islamic Totalitarianism 3 A Free Market Solution to Problems of Health Care 4 The Right to Abortion as an Application of Individual Rights 5 The Superiority of Free Market Education to Government Schooling 6 Individual Rights Applied to Representative IssuesEpilogue: Re-Stating the Theme

NYOS Offering Students 50% Discount on NYC Conference

Oct 8, 2011 | Politics

The NYOS conference November 4-6, is offering a group discount: four people may register for the price of three. NYOS is also offering a 50% discount to students, at the low price of $300 for the entire conference.This is going to be a great event celebrating the ideas of Ayn Rand through the presentation of some of the most prominent intellectuals in the Objectivist movement. Read more at: www.NewYorkObjectivistSociety.org

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