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The Dollar and the Gun Under Xi Jinping’s Dictatorship with Scott McDonald, Adam Mossoff, and Elan Journo

Posted December 9, 202200:57:49

Rapid economic opening and growth since the 1980s led many to expect the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to undergo political liberalization and...

China’s Long March to Market Authoritarianism by Scott McDonald

Posted December 6, 202201:01:07

During the seventy-plus-year history of the People’s Republic of China, it has transformed from a Leninist state, through chaos and technocrats, to...

Ayn Rand on the Genealogy of Altruism by Ben Bayer

Posted October 26, 202201:34:48

Ayn Rand made abundantly clear that the morality of altruism had no basis in reason. Where then, if not from logical arguments, did it originate? It...

Ayn Rand Interviewed with Mickey Spillane by Mike Wallace

Posted October 21, 202200:35:02

Mike Wallace interviews Ayn Rand and Mickey Spillane on their reasons for becoming authors, their view of what makes a hero, and why, despite being...

Behind the Scenes: Ayn Rand on What Makes a Hero

Posted October 21, 202200:30:24

In 1961, Mike Wallace sat down with both Ayn Rand and Mickey Spillane for an interview. For decades, this interview has been unavailable to the general...