Hudgins Explains Capitalism to Many Audiences

On June 19, Edward L. Hudgins, director of The Objectivist Center's Washington office, gave the keynote address to the Florida Symposium 2003 for Financial Planning Professionals, held in Tampa. A crowd of approximately 140 heard Hudgins's talk, "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal." Hudgins explained the basis of individual rights and showed how capitalism is the only political-economic system that respects the rights of each person to life, liberty, and property. He then showed how the tax and regulatory burdens that destroy wealth are rooted in philosophical errors and argued that those who love liberty should therefore conduct their fight on the high ground of morality.

Also speaking at the symposium were Harry Browne, author of How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World and Libertarian Party presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000; and Mark Skousen, formerly head of the Foundation for Economic Education and recently invited to join the faculty of the Columbia Business School at Columbia University.

On Other Fronts

Hudgins's op-ed "What If There Were No America?" was published in the Juniata News, a Philadelphia weekly, and an excerpt was printed in the Detroit News and Free Press.

In June, he discussed Objectivism and libertarianism with Kevin Vanderbroek on WKSO radio station in Michigan.

Continuing his new e-mail feature, "Report from the Front," which was announced in the July-August Navigator, Hudgins has sent out brief comments entitled "Charity Begins Where the Government Stops," "Protecting Property and Profits," and "Mouse Droppings and Government Hypocrites." One can sign up for these timely reports simply by going to the home page of the TOC Web site.