Yaron Brook, Ph.D. Executive Director
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Yaron Brook, Ph.D. Executive Director Ayn Rand Institute 2121 Alton Parkway, Suite 250 Irvine, CA 92606 Updated May 2012 CURRENT POSITIONS President and Executive Director , Ayn Rand Institute, Irvine, California, 2000-present Founder, Managing Director and Chairman , BH Equity Research, San Jose, California, 1998- present PREVIOUS POSITIONS Assistant Professor , Santa Clara University, Department of Finance, 1993-2000 EDUCATION Ph.D. Finance, The University of Texas at Austin, 1994 M.B.A. The University of Texas at Austin, 1989 B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 1986 BOOKS Y. Brook and D. Watkins , Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government (Palgrave Macmillan, September 2012), forthcoming C. B. Thompson with Y. Brook, Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea (Paradigm Publishers, 2010) PUBLICATIONS Y. Brook, “The Morality of Moneylending: A Short History,” Why Businessmen Need Philosophy: The Capitalist’s Guide to the Ideas Behind Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged ,” D. Ghate and R. Ralston, eds. (New American Library, 2011) Y. Brook and A. Epstein, “Why Conservatives Cannot Stop the Growth of the State,” Why Businessmen Need Philosophy: The Capitalist’s Guide to the Ideas Behind Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged ,” D. Ghate and R. Ralston, eds. (New American Library, 2011) Y. Brook and A. Epstein, “Neoconservative Foreign Policy: An Autopsy,” Winning the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism , E. Journo, ed. Page 1 of 4 (Lexington, 2009) Y. Brook and E. Journo, “‘Just War Theory’ versus American Self-Defense,” Winning the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism , E. Journo, ed. (Lexington, 2009) Y. Brook and E. Journo, “The ‘Forward Strategy’ for Failure,” Winning the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism , E. Journo, ed. (Lexington, 2009) Y. Brook and D. Watkins, “America’s Unfree Market,” Objective Standard , Spring 2009 Y. Brook, “The Resurgence of Big Government,” Objective Standard , Fall 2008 Y. Brook and A. Epstein, “Why Conservatives Cannot Stop the Growth of the State,” Objective Standard , Summer 2007 Y. Brook and A. Epstein, “Neoconservative Foreign Policy: An Autopsy,” Objective Standard , Spring 2007 Y. Brook and A. Epstein, “‘Just War Theory’ versus American Self-Defense,” Objective Standard , Spring 2006 Finance Publications Y. Brook and R. Hendershott, “Hype and Internet Stocks,” The Journal of Investing , vol. 10 (2), 2001 Y. Brook, R. Hendershott and D. Lee, “Corporate Governance and the Recent Consolidation in the Banking Industry,” Journal of Corporate Finance , vol. 6 (2), 2000 Y. Brook, R. Hendershott and D. Lee, “The Gains from Takeover Deregulation: Evidence from the End of Interstate Banking Restrictions,” Journal of Finance , vol. 53 (6), 1998 Y. Brook, R. Hendershott and W. Charlton, “Do Firms Use Dividends to Signal Large Future Cash Flow Increases?,” Financial Management , vol. 27 (3), 1998 Y. Brook and R. K. S. Rao, “Shareholder Wealth Effects of Directors’ Liability Limitation Provisions,” Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , vol. 29 (3), 1994 Y. Brook and R. K. S. Rao, “Does Limiting Directors’ Liability Affect Stock Prices?,” Directorship , vol. XIX (4), 1994 SELECT RECENT MEDIA APPEARANCES Weekly Guest, Front Page , PJTV (http://www.pjtv.com/), 2009-present Page 2 of 4 Frequent Guest on Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano, Fox News Channel, 2009-present Frequent Guest on Stossel Show with John Stossel , Fox Business Channel, 2009-present Multiple Guest Appearances on CNBC Reports, 2009-present SELECT RECENT OP-EDS Columnist with Don Watkins, Forbes.com, July 2010-present Y. Brook and O. Ghate, “Our Moral Code Is Out of Date,” CNN.com, 2010 Y. Brook, “Is Rand Relevant?,” Wall Street Journal , 2009 SELECT RECENT LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS “Government: What Is Its Proper Role?” – A debate with David Callahan of Demos, Seattle, WA, 2011; televised by C-Span “Ayn Rand’s Moral Defense of Capitalism,” Foundation for Economic Education, New York, NY 2011 “Capitalism Without Guilt,” Students for Liberty Regional Conference, Gainesville, FL 2011 “Ayn Rand’s Unique Defense of Capitalism,” BB&T Foundation Programs Conference, Clemson, SC, 2011 “This House Would Abolish the Welfare State,” Oxford Union Debate, Oxford University, U.K., 2011 “Why Is Populism so Popular and Capitalism so Feared in the World Today?,” Mont Pelerin Society Regional Meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2011 “Government: What Is Its Proper Role?,” First Principles debate series, co-hosted by Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights, Demos and WNYC, New York, NY, 2011 “Gaining the Moral High Ground: Why Government Healthcare Is Immoral,” Doctors Town Hall, Costa Mesa, CA, 2011 “Global Supply Chains in an Ayn Rand World,” Keynote Address, Supply Chain Management Research Center, Fayetteville, AR, 2011 “Ayn Rand vs. Adam Smith in Defense of Capitalism” (A Plenary Debate with James Otteson), The Association of Private Enterprise (APEE) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2010 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University, Department of Finance, 1993-2000 Page 3 of 4 MILITARY EXPERIENCE First Sergeant, Israeli Armed Forces, Military Intelligence, 1979-1982 Page 4 of 4 .