In this 1990 lecture, Leonard Peikoff offers an audience interested in business his perspective on whether free-market capitalism can survive. Peikoff identifies three pillars of capitalism—examining each one’s status in the present day. He also leads the audience through a quick sweep of American history, commenting on the decline in freedom over time.
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The United States is a country of immigrants.
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Reason, Rights, and Science Are What Made America Great
It is precisely because our health care is so important to each of us that we need to be especially careful to preserve and protect the rights of physicians and other health care providers.
The original draft of Article 1 allocated to Congress the power to ‘make war.’ But James Madison, the father of our Constitution, demanded that it be amended so that the president would have broader authority to take actions in defense of our country.
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