Location: GSB 2.124, 2110 Speedway, Austin, TX 78705 The room location has changed to GSB 2.2124! The October 7th terrorist attacks and the ensuing escalations have brought international attention back to the decades long Israel-Palestine conflict. Many commentators acknowledge Israel’s right to self-defence, but feel morally conflicted about the increasing number of civilian casualties. In […]
Ancient Greek Philosophy and the Modern World, Choose Your Issues Ep 16
The Podcast of the Objectivism Program at the Salem Center in the University of Texas at Austin. Gregory Salmieri and others discuss issues of the day in light of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of reason, individualism, and capitalism. Join us live in CBA 3.202
“Unconditional Love?”
The Podcast of the Objectivism Program at the Salem Center in the University of Texas at Austin. Gregory Salmieri and others discuss issues of the day in light of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of reason, individualism, and capitalism.
Net-zero CO₂ by 2050 – Should world governments enact net-zero-by-2050 policies?
Join us in person at RRH 1.400 Crum Auditorium. Address: 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78705 This event will feature: John N. Doggett a Professor at the McCombs School of Business. He received his B.A. from Claremont Men’s College, his J.D. from Yale Law School and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business […]
We The Living Reading Group
We are meeting several times over the academic year to discuss Ayn Rand’s first novel “We The Living”: Meeting 1, 01/30: Part 2, Chapters 1–5 Meeting 2, 03/05: Part 2, Chapters 6–10 Meeting 3, 03/26: Part 2, Chapters 11-13 Meeting 4, 04/16: Part 2, Chapters 14–17
“Because of Yearning for an Ordinary Life”: The Fight for Freedom in Iran, China, and the World
Protest movements have broken out against the oppressive regimes in Iran and China. Young Iranians posted their reasons for rebelling under the hashtag Baraye, meaning “because” and the singer-songwriter Shervin Hajipour compiled many of these reasons into a song of the same title that has become an anthem of the Iranian movement and an inspiration […]
Are we selfish by nature?, a discussion with Bryan Caplan, Choose Your Issues Ep 13
The Podcast of the Objectivism Program at the Salem Center in the University of Texas at Austin. Gregory Salmieri and others discuss issues of the day in light of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of reason, individualism, and capitalism. Join us live in CBA 3.202
Why the Patent Waiver on COVID-19 Drugs Is Wrong
Join Amesh Adalja (Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security), Adam Mossoff (Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University) and Gregory Salmieri (Salem Center, University of Texas, Austin) as they make the case that the Biden Administration’s decision to support the proposal to suspend patent protections for all patents and other IP rights on COVID-19 vaccines […]
Building the Psychology of Entrepreneurship
Join us in person at GSB 5.142A or on zoom here. Address: 2110 Speedway, Austin, TX 78705 (McCombs School of Business – Building GSB) Parking: You can find paid parking in the Brazos Garage, the AT&T Hotel Garage, or any other garage or street parking. What is the psychological makeup of successful entrepreneurs? Can we […]
We The Living Reading Group
We are meeting several times over the academic year to discuss Ayn Rand’s first novel We The Living.” Then include the chapters to be discussed in each session. Those chapters are as follows: Meeting 1, 9/26: Part 1, Chapters 1–6 Meeting 2, 10/24: Part 1, Chapters 7–13 Meeting 3, 11/28: Part 1, Chapters 14–17