Volume 10, Number 9, September 2004 Installing ’s Books in Classrooms A New Semester at the Across the Nation Objectivist Academic Center This month a group of 37 new students will join Teachers in at least 12 states, 50 counties, curriculum committees decide what is taught in the undergraduate program of the Objectivist Aca- and dozens of cities across the nation will be scores and sometimes thousands of classrooms. demic Center. The OAC’s mission is to find and offered free classroom sets of and The Second, if a school district or a state board of train new Objectivist intellectuals, and to support Fountainhead this academic year—thanks to education officially adopts the novels, it will their work in disseminating Ayn Rand’s ideas. support from ARI donors (see map). also provide the necessary funding for schools The OAC’s undergraduate curriculum, In the first two years of this program we have to buy copies of the books on their own. Thus, which was launched in 2000, operates on a distributed more than 65,000 books. This year we in time, ARI can help introduce more students to cycle that takes four years to complete. This expect to distribute 100,000. Anthem and , but with far less spring will see the first batch of students to We are raising funds in order to provide free expense—allowing us to invest the Institute’s graduate from the program. classroom sets of Ayn Rand’s novels to teachers precious resources in growing our other projects. The courses offered in each year of the who would like to teach the books but who lack Because there is no uniform way in which undergraduate program are integrated around a the means to obtain enough copies. The aim districts or states design their English curricula, we unifying theme. The focus of year one is to intro- of the program is not merely to supply books will make customized appeals to each curriculum duce students to the nature of —the where they are needed, but also, more broadly, committee. But to do so, we must first undertake universal questions that confront all men in any to encourage school boards to make Ayn Rand’s a great deal of research to learn who designs era; in year two students focus on Ayn Rand’s novels fixtures in their curriculum. the curriculum and what the regional academic philosophic system; and in year three they learn As we continue to fulfill the book requests standards are. With that information, we can then how to make their guide in thought from teachers, we have started the next phase: contact the decision-makers and explain how Ayn and action. Year four, which we are deploying for encouraging state boards of education and school Rand’s novels—esteemed classics of American the first time, focuses on objectively communi- districts to adopt Anthem and The Fountainhead literature—can enrich any course in English. cating rational ideas. into their curricula. With a tax-deductible contribution to ARI Students attend the OAC by teleconference In a recent letter to ARI contributors, Dr. you can help us put Ayn Rand’s books into more and by listening online to audio recordings of , executive director, noted the benefits classrooms and into the hands of tens of thousands classes. The faculty members this year are: of contacting the decision-makers directly. First, of students. Dr. , who will teach in the continued on page 2 So far, we have received financial contributions that CITIES: will enable us to offer free copies of Anthem and The California: Beverly Hills, Burlingame, Malibu, Moreno Valley, Fountainhead to schools in the following regions: Millbrae, Santa Clarita Connecticut: Danbury Colorado: Denver Venue for 2005 Conference Massachussetts: Boston, Brookline, Braintree, Chelsea, Dorchester, UNITED STATES: Everett, Revere, Quincy, Winthrop North Carolina: Raleigh- Alaska, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Dakota, Durham, Chapel Hill New Mexcico: Albuquerque New York: Albany, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Brewster, Long Island (several schools), Syracuse Kansas/ Washington, D.C., Wyoming Missouri: Kansas City metro area Oregon: Portland Texas: Austin, Houston Washington: Seattle Ontario, CANADA: Toronto CANADA: Quebec (English-language schools), Saskatchewan COUNTIES: California: Napa County, Orange County, San Diego County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County Florida: Brevard County, Lake County, Lee County, Orange County, Osceola County, Pinellas County, Seminole County, Volusia County Massachusettes: Middlesex County, Worcester County Nevada: Carson City County, Douglas County, Lyon County, Storey County, Washoe County New Jersey: Bergen County New York: Westchester County Washington: King County The Objectivist Summer Conference 2005 will take place July 2 to 14 at the Omni Hotel in San NH VT ME Diego, California. The conference brochure is WA due to be mailed in late fall. Although the Omni AK MT ND MA OR NY will be the venue for the lectures and courses, ID MN SD MI RI participants will have the option of lodging at WI CT WY PA any nearby hotel of their choosing. IA NJ NE OH IL IN DE The Omni, a brand new hotel near the NV WV UT VA MD CO historic Gaslamp Quarter, is surrounded by KS MO KY DC CA NC numerous hotels ranging from the luxurious to TN OK SC the economical. The Omni itself is exquisitely AZ NM AR decorated and boasts spectacular vistas of the AL GA MS ocean and the cityscape. (The hotel is connected

TX LA by a walkway to the baseball stadium that is FL home to the San Diego Padres.) HI We encourage you to block out time to (This data is correct as of September 1, 2004) attend the conference. A New Semester at the Objectivist Academic Center, continued from page 1

OAC’s graduate program; Dr. Keith Lockitch, ARI junior fellow; Dr. , ARI senior fellow; Robert Tracinski, instructor and senior writer; and Dr. Darryl Wright, guest instructor. Dr. Wright, associate professor of philoso- phy at Harvey Mudd College, is an alumnus of the Institute’s advanced training program in Objectivism—as are Dr. Lockitch, Dr. Ghate and Mr. Tracinski. Auditing Courses at the Auditors attend classes by listening to audio Joining the faculty as a teaching assistant is recordings of each session, via the Internet, on Ben Bayer, who is a graduate student of the OAC Objectivist Academic Center their own schedule. The recordings are made and a doctoral candidate in philosophy at the University of Illinois. He will be assisting in Dr. Each month Impact suggests readings and other available soon after each class takes place, and are archived online. The archives remain Wright’s Introduction to Philosophy course. resources for fans of Ayn Rand’s fiction who wish The OAC’s undergraduate program prepares to learn more about her philosophy, Objectivism. accessible until the start of the next academic year. You can access the recordings at any students for our graduate program, which is in time of day or night, from any computer that is development. We now offer several graduate connected to the Internet. courses, and next year we will launch the formal he purpose of the Objectivist Academic graduate program. Center is to find and train new intellectuals, Auditors also have access to the e-mail T discussion list of each class that they attend, * * * and to support their work in spreading Ayn To encourage more students to apply for admis- Rand’s ideas. Although we seek students who and they usually receive copies of any exercises or homework assignments. But auditors do not sion to the OAC we have produced a brochure intend careers as professional intellectuals, the that will be distributed at campus Objectivist clubs OAC is also open to auditors who wish to enrich submit their assignments or attend tutorials. If you would like to audit one or both and sent to entrants in the Fountainhead and Atlas their understanding of Ayn Rand’s ideas. Shrugged essay contests. The brochure describes This year two of our university-level courses courses offered this year, please visit our Web site to read course descriptions and to download the mission and courses of the OAC, and high- are open to auditors: Introduction to Philosophy, lights the ease of attending classes by teleconfer- with Dr. Darryl Wright; and Undergraduate the registration form (there is neither an entrance exam nor an application form required). ence from anywhere in the world. The brochure is Seminar on the Philosophy of Ayn Rand (UPAR, part of a wider effort to promote the OAC among for short), with Dr. Onkar Ghate. Introduction to Technical note: Our courses are recorded in RealAudio format. We recommend that you high school and college students who have read Philosophy meets for 90 minutes every week for Ayn Rand’s books. two semesters; UPAR meets for three hours every check whether your computer is configured to week for two semesters. play back RealAudio files. To help you do this, our site offers sample audio excerpts from past OAC courses. continued on next page

Event Held for Atlantis Legacy Donors During the Objectivist The names of planned giving donors who donate to ARI because it is both acting summer conference in give their permission are published in a special “I as Central Command and serving on AL July at Wintergreen, annual insert in the January issue of Impact. If the frontlines of the most important battle in Virginia, ARI hosted you have arranged a planned gift and have not history—the battle of ideas. The work it is doing an event exclusively for participants in the sent in the Atlantis Legacy response card giving to transform our culture is a higher priority than Atlantis Legacy, the Institute’s planned giving permission, your name will not be listed—but any short-term activism being done by other program. The highlight of the gathering was you will be counted as one of the donors organizations. The battle will last for many years, the participation of special guests Dr. Harry choosing to remain anonymous in this regard. If therefore both immediate and future donations Binswanger and Dr. Michael Berliner. you would like to see your name in print on the are crucial.” The 62 attendees enjoyed a buffet lunch along Atlantis Legacy honor roll (consisting of names —Dave Drumm, investor with brief remarks and introductions by ARI only, no gift types or amounts are listed) and Orlando, Florida executive director Yaron Brook and Kathy Cross, perhaps help inspire other donors to participate, ARI’s Gift & Estate Planning Manager. Among the we encourage you to respond. The confidential AL assembled guests were several ARI staff members response form is located in the back pocket of rom the time I first read Ayn Rand’s work, as well as the board members of the Anthem the Atlantis Legacy brochure. For all inquiries “FI wanted to pay her back for saving my Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship and all but about the Atlantis Legacy and planned giving, life, and for showing me how to live it. The one member of the Institute’s board of directors. please contact Kathy Cross at 310-876-1633 or best way is to understand her philosophy and to Following the lunch, Drs. Berliner and [email protected]. practice it consistently. Binswanger first commented on the importance As a child I saw my country as a great nation of the Atlantis Legacy to the future of Ayn The Personal Value of Supporting ARI of producers and honorable men. As an adult, Rand’s philosophy. Then they reminisced about Below, several Atlantis Legacy donors comment I saw ARI as a shield against the irrationality the early days of ARI, including the creation of on their motivations for arranging a gift to seeking to kill those men. That shield is the the Fountainhead essay contest, and answered support ARI in the future. championing of individual rights. Thera (aka questions posed by other guests. There was Santorini) was the most productive culture of the extended discussion of the increased receptivity support the Institute for two reasons: I Ancient Aegean world. It is alleged to have been in academia to Objectivist intellectuals, and in “I owe everything that I have earned and the actual Atlantis before sinking into the ocean. I the culture generally to Ayn Rand’s ideas. Dr. accomplished to Ayn Rand’s philosophy, and want my country to be Atlantis as Miss Rand saw Binswanger is a philosopher and professor at the want to give all I can to further that philosophy. it. The way to achieve that is through ARI. To Objectivist Academic Center. Dr. Berliner was Secondly, it is a matter of the division of labor. support ARI now and into the future for as long ARI’s executive director from 1985 until 2000, ARI is more effective at influencing others than as I can, is a pledge I’ve made to me. and now works part time for ARI in the Ayn I am. ” Rand Archives. Both are long-time Objectivists ” —Sylvia Bokor, artist —Kristen Bates, database developer Albuquerque, New Mexico and members of the Institute’s board of directors, Charlotte, North Carolina all of whom are Atlantis Legacy donors. AL Atlantis Legacy donors are those who have AL e donate to ARI because of our arranged bequests and other estate gifts to ARI by ecause correct philosophical ideas are including the Institute as a primary or contingent “Wcertainty that Ayn Rand’s ideas are the “Bso important—so fundamental—to only hope for the future of mankind and can be beneficiary through a will, insurance policy, human beings, it is crucial that Ayn Rand’s ideas retirement plan, etc., and/or of a specialized realized only through the efforts of the Ayn Rand continue to be heard. This conviction is why we Institute. Their commitment and our long-term charitable plan. Such contributions help ensure support the ARI with regular donations from our that the Institute has the necessary resources for as support is the best investment we can make income. Substantial proceeds from our estate will towards achieving that goal. long as it takes to change the world, and as such also fund the advancement of her philosophy. ” are essential to the future success of Objectivism. ” —Milton Cohen, manufacturing engineer, Donors who qualify but have not informed ARI —Mark and Susan Hurt, physicians and Adrina Cohen, registered nurse are encouraged to do so and be recognized as Saint Louis, Missouri Fernley, Nevada Atlantis Legacy participants. Participation in the program is not limited by the value of the gift or AL AL by any contingencies placed on planned giving designations to ARI. 2 A New Semester at the Objectivist Academic Center, continued from page 1 ARI Op-Ed: “To Outsource or to Stagnate?” The opponents of outsourcing resent the growth a free society demands. Courses Offered in Academic Year 2004–05 By Onkar Ghate The following is a list of courses taught live this year (a number of recorded courses are offered online): A free society requires capital accumulation made possible by the increased and rewards individuals efficiency and specialization at American companies • Introduction to Philosophy; Dr. Darryl Wright; who are active-minded, will fuel demand for employees with new skills, such Ben Bayer, teaching assistant forward-looking, keen as managers able to integrate a company’s activities • Introduction to Writing; Dr. Keith Lockitch to better themselves. A across countries and cultures. society moving towards It should not be surprising, for instance, that • Undergraduate Seminar on Objectivism: The state control of the from 1991 to 2001, 2,500 U.S. multinational Philosophy of Ayn Rand with Dr. Onkar Ghate economy requires and corporations added 2.8 million foreign jobs and 5.5 • Intermediate Writing; Robert Tracinski rewards individuals who million new U.S. jobs (the latter above the average • Ethics; Dr. Harry Binswanger want tranquility, passivity, U.S. employee growth rate for the period), or that Onkar Ghate, Ph.D. in (graduate-level course) lethargy. In the debate 25 percent of Americans now work at jobs not even philosophy, is a senior about the legitimacy of listed in the 1967 Census Bureau codes. fellow at the Ayn Rand outsourcing white-collar Those who prosper in a free society are Institute. This article was published in, among other jobs to foreign countries, individuals who choose, no matter how severe the newspapers, the Orange you must decide on which change, to adapt, to expand their skills, to increase Interns at ARI County Register on side you stand. their knowledge, to grow. For this type of individual, As part of the ’s goal to find and August 1, 2004. The opponents of trade and specialization—across one’s city, state, train new intellectuals, two years ago we launched outsourcing white-collar country or globe—are acknowledged as beneficial; an internship program for college students. The jobs eagerly present it as an unprecedented, the progress of a global economy, including internships are open to bright undergraduate catastrophic phenomenon. The facts belie this. outsourcing, is not feared but welcomed. Economists estimate that roughly 100,000 white- There are, however, those who resent the growth students who are interested in the role of ideas in collar jobs move offshore annually. This figure that a free society demands. Typically, they pursue the culture and who are seriously considering an excludes new jobs created in the United States one of two courses of action. Either they simply cling academic career in the humanities. because of the increased economic efficiency to the old way of doing things, like a manufacturer Interns, who relocate to Irvine, California, for and is in the context of a U.S. economy of some who claims that if horse buggies were good enough the summer, divide their days equally between 140 million jobs, in which 15 million unneeded for our forefathers, they should be good enough for studying under the direction of ARI’s academic jobs are eliminated annually, with even more us. Or they cry for governmental protection—and division and doing administrative work in support created. Moreover, for decades U.S. companies demand that the government restrict the cotton gin, of our projects. (and the U.S. economy) have thrived by hiring steam engine, automobile, locomotive, Japanese This summer’s interns were: Eric Lanser, manufacturing and agricultural workers abroad. imports, factory automation, etc. a junior at Lawrence University in Wisconsin, We are witnessing but a normal evolution of This last is the opponent of outsourcing. He does who is majoring in philosophy and plans a career specialization and trade, cornerstones of American not advance even a semi-cogent economic argument, as a professor of philosophy; Mark Murphy, a prosperity. as economists have pointed out repeatedly. But he sophomore at the University of Wisconsin— Why then the heated opposition? does resent the fact that his life has been or may be Madison, who is pursuing a double major in Observe that whatever the particular forces that disrupted by the freedom of other people advancing economics and finance; and Jason Stotts, a junior lead American businesses to hire foreign workers— their interests—that others’ progress may require him at Denison University in Ohio, who is pursuing a be it a Coca Cola expanding into new markets in to grow or be left behind. So in an attempt to freeze double major in philosophy and economics. Asia, an HP manufacturing products more cheaply reality, the opponent of outsourcing demands that the Asked about his experience as an intern at in Singapore, or an Intel hiring superior engineers in government forcibly restrain the success of his fellow ARI, Mr. Lanser, who is also a student at the India—the fundamental reason they do so is to grow. citizens—by restricting them from dealing abroad. Objectivist Academic Center, said: “the main They seek to increase sales and profits. Unscrupulous politicians then pander to this value for me was the opportunity to develop my This is the nature of a free society: economically, backward mentality. Thirty-five state legislatures understanding of Objectivism, specifically, the it does not stand still, it advances. It demands the have introduced anti-outsourcing legislation. objective methodology for addressing philosophic same of its citizens. John Kerry denounces management as Benedict questions. My time with Dr. Ghate on these topics When Henry Ford introduced mass production Arnold CEOs—even though the CEOs are being has already greatly clarified my understanding of the automobile in the early 1900s, he changed quintessentially American in pursuing their (and their transportation. This inevitably caused disruptions. shareholders’) happiness. of both Objectivism’s distinctive approach to The days of the horse and buggy were numbered. The demands of the anti-outsourcers must philosophy, and its ground-breaking conclusions.” But those in the dying industry who chose to face the be rejected; there is no right to stagnation. But The internships, which are paid positions, do reality of Ford’s advance, whether a business owner there remains nevertheless one thing to ask of our not assume previous knowledge of Objectivism. who learned to produce gasoline instead of buggies government. For each intern, therefore, we design a study or a worker who learned to repair automobile Some companies are moving offshore program tailored to his level of knowledge. The engines, prospered. because they find greater economic freedom reading and research that an intern undertakes Later, when men like Steve Jobs, Bill there. Don’t demand that they be prevented from culminate in an oral presentation or an essay. Gates and Michael Dell ushered in the personal relocating or hiring foreign workers; that would The duration of an internship is flexible— computer revolution, almost no industry was just further restrict freedom in America. Demand from a few weeks to a couple of months—and unaffected. The businesses and employees that instead that the government rescind the plethora we also consider applications for year-long embraced the new invention, a retailer that of regulations—from workers’ compensation to internships. Starting in the winter, we begin computerized its inventory or a worker who Social Security to governmental education to accepting applications. Visit our Web site at that learned to program a computer, prospered. governmental health care—that is strangling us. time for information on how to apply. Today, as businesses hire white-collar workers We need the American solution: to once again abroad, similar opportunities will abound for those fully embrace freedom and the growth it both creates ready to change and grow. As in earlier eras, the and requires.

reprinted above. (Newspapers and Web sites that book on education, provisionally titled Public In the Media publish our op-eds will often formulate their Schools, Public Menace, from Liberty Books. own title for a given article.) • “The Evil of Animal Rights,” by Alex Epstein In August, shortly before the Games of the and Dr. Yaron Brook, will appear in a college 28th Olympiad opened, ARI released an op-ed * * * textbook from Prentice Hall titled Reading Lit- addressing the intellectual significance of the ARI Editorials Included in Books erature and Writing Argument. games. The article, “The Olympics Represent Op-ed articles by ARI writers are regularly • “Liberty, Not Democracy, in Iraq,” by Dr. the Best of Western Civilization,” was written printed in hundreds of newspapers and Web Robert Garmong, will appear in a school text- by Dr. , a senior writer for sites across the globe. From time to time book, Opposing Viewpoints: Iraq. ARI. It was published on August 12 in two some of those articles will find their way into • “The Racism of Diversity,” by , prominent newspapers simultaneously, one on another medium: books. Several editorials will appear in a school textbook, Current Con- either coast: The San Francisco Chronicle and by our writers have been (or are about to be) troversies: Racism the Washington Times. featured in textbooks and general interest books. • “Would-Be Intellectual Vandals Get Their Day Lately politicians and commentators have Here is a selection. (At press time, complete in the Supreme Court,” by Dr. , been reviling corporations that outsource bibliographical information was not available will be included in a textbook, provisionally white-collar jobs to foreign countries. In “To for some articles.) titled Media and Messages, which is due out Outsource or to Stagnate?” Dr. Onkar Ghate, • “Assisted Suicide: A Moral Right,” by Thomas this year. senior fellow at ARI, brings to light the A. Bowden, is featured in a collection of essays • “Why Are CEO’s Paid So Much?” by Elan premises of those who oppose outsourcing. A titled Suicide, published by Greenhaven Press. Journo, will appear next year in a textbook version of the article was published in, among • “Caution: Textbooks Are Hazardous to Your for high school students, published by Brown other papers, The Orange County Register; it is Child,” by Dr. Gary Hull, will appear in a Reference Group. 3 ARI Lectures at Campus Clubs Announcements For nearly two decades ARI has been supporting student-run Objectivism clubs at college campuses across America. These independent Public Lecture Series Continues On Columbus Day, clubs organize study groups and host public lectures by ARI speakers. Such lectures are valuable because they help inject Ayn Rand’s October 11, Thomas A. Bowden will present the lecture ideas into campuses and introduce students to the philosophic framework of her widely read novels. Below is a summary of the ARI “Columbus Day Without Guilt.” An editorial writer for lectures held at campus clubs during the 2003–04 academic year. ARI, Mr. Bowden is an attorney in private practice in These lectures are usually open to the public. We encourage readers of Impact to attend one of these lectures and to bring associ- Baltimore, Maryland, and author of The Enemies of ates or friends who might be interested in learning more about Ayn Rand’s ideas. A list of upcoming campus lectures is posted on ARI’s Christopher Columbus (Paper Tiger, 2003). The event, Web site (www.aynrand.org/campus); new events will be posted there as the new school year gets underway. which is free and open to the public, will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Irvine, California. The OCTOBER 2003 doors will open at 6:30 p.m.; the lecture begins at 7:30 Columbia University: “The Moral Case for Supporting Israel”; Yaron Brook George Mason University: “The Moral Case for Supporting Israel”; Yaron Brook and will be followed by a Q-&-A period and reception. University of California, Irvine: “Why We Are Losing the War”; Yaron Brook On November 11 our series will continue with a University of Illinois, Chicago: “Why We Are Still Losing the War on ”; Yaron Brook lecture on global by Dr. Andrew Bernstein, University of Illinois, Urbana: “Post-Modernism vs. Religion vs. Objectivism”; Edwin A. Locke author of the forthcoming Capitalist Manifesto. This Lawrence University: “Reason & Emotion”; Edwin A. Locke event will also take place at the Hyatt in Irvine. The University of Chicago: “Why We are Still Losing the War on Terrorism”; Yaron Brook doors will open at 6:30 p.m.; the lecture will begin at University of Toronto: “The Failure of Homeland Defense”; John Lewis 7:30 and be followed by a question period. University of Toronto: “Rational Self-Interest and the Homeland Defense”; John Lewis We invite readers of Impact who live nearby to George Mason University: “Reason & Emotion”; Edwin A. Locke attend and to bring with them any friends or associates St. John’s University, MD: “Reason & Emotion”; Edwin A. Locke University of Florida: “Post-Modernism vs. Religion vs. Objectivism”; Edwin A. Locke who may be interested in these lectures. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: “Post-Modernism vs. Religion vs. Objectivism”; Edwin A. 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Commentary: The Power of Books Each month Impact features a regular column One aid in that prospecting is the by the Institute’s executive director, Dr. Yaron curriculum program (see page 1), which Brook, who looks at the wider context of in time will ensure that it is the rare high ARI’s activities. school graduate who is ignorant of Ayn Rand’s writings. mpact has reported on the many new This year we plan to distribute 100,000 opportunities for Objectivist scholars in I free copies of Anthem and The Fountainhead academia, and I have often stressed that today to teachers who would like to teach the we face a dearth of qualified intellectuals, not opportunities. The demand for intellectuals is books. The effect of these books, combined broader than academia, though. with the 65,000 we have already distributed, To accomplish its goals, ARI itself needs will multiply with each school year, as additional talented intellectuals on its staff. teachers assign the books to new classes. As we attract more undergraduate students If the lifespan of a paperback is five years, to the OAC, and as we launch the new we estimate that we could reach 825,000 graduate curriculum next year, so we will students simply with the books we have need more instructors. If the op-ed program installed in classrooms already, and which is to continue to grow, we need more skilled we will send out this year. Within a few writers and editors. Or, to give another years we could reach 30 to 45 percent of all example, if we want to sponsor 150, rather high school students in America. than 40, live campus lectures every year, our This is what we can accomplish by speakers bureau will need more lecturers. helping to make Ayn Rand’s books fixtures of There is an urgent need, too, for books school curricula around the country. From the applying Objectivism to current affairs, the sciences, the humanities. In a culture that holds ranks of the tens of thousands of students who philosophy to be irrelevant to happiness and encounter Ayn Rand in high school, we can success, it would be tremendously valuable to expect some to choose to become professional have books relating Objectivism to everyday intellectuals. With the training offered at the life. Of topics to write on there is no shortage, OAC, they can attain their career goals. One but there are few qualified writers. (The way that I like to view it is this: the larger the Institute is currently helping to fund four scale of the curriculum program, the more books on and about Ayn Rand’s ideas.) new books by Objectivist intellectuals we can To find a handful of talented new expect in the coming decades. intellectuals, requires that we prospect for such gems on a massive scale. —Yaron Brook

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