Friday Course Descriptions
Each day of the Seminar provides you a choice of sessions designed to
meet your own interests and level of knowledge.
Bringing Freedom Home: Devolution and Competition in America's Cities
Robert Poole, MS
Building on the
lessons learned from decades of command and control policies, cities
and municipalities across the country are beginning to embrace
free-market alternatives. Transportation, infrastructure, and
service delivery are all being turned over to the private sector.
Robert Poole, president of the Reason Foundation and publisher of
Reason magazine, will speak about the ongoing process of
bringing competition and market forces to America's urban areas.
The Value of Parenting
William Thomas, MA
The characters and text
of Ayn Rand's novels, as well as the example of her life, give the
issue of child-rearing short shrift. William Thomas explores the idea
of parenting as an investment—and a powerful source of very
selfish values. Mr. Thomas draws on his experiences as a new parent
to reflect on the values one stands to gain from raising children and
from one's connection to one's children once they leave home.
Objectivism in an Information Age Economy
Nathaniel Branden,
PhD
Nathaniel Branden will show how the values and virtues enjoined
by the Objectivist ethics have acquired a new urgency in the
transition from an industrial to an information economy. He will
also discuss elements missing from the Objectivist ethics but no
less relevant to changes in the world economy.
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