Ayn Rand Hero: Don Watkins on Freedom, Morality, and Equality - a podcast by Mark Michael Lewis

Don Watkins is one of today’s most vocal opponents of the welfare state and one of the great proponents of Ayn Rand’s philosophy. A fellow with the Ayn Rand Institute, Don is co-author, with Yaron Brook, of the national best-sellers Free Market Revolution and Equal is Unfair. He is also the author of RooseveltCare: How Social Security Is Sabotaging the Land of Self-Reliance.

In this episode you’ll learn:



Why having a ‘hierarchy of values’ is one of the most important things about philosophy[12:15]

Why you should read books you disagree with [18:30]

America before and after welfare [30:00]

Don’t fall for your ‘confirmation bias’ when researching your case [39:35]

What we mean by inequality [43:30]

The difference between political and economic inequality[50:10]

The only way to ‘equalize’ (and why this doesn’t work) [1:01:40]

How to think clearer about morality [1:07:30]

Your two best resources for developing your thinking [1:17:00]



I highly recommend you get a copy of Equal is Unfair if you want to learn more about the moral perspective behind the ‘equality’ debate – and how that impacts us.

His other two books, Free Market Revolution and Rooseveltcare are also hard-hitting explorations into the political and economic world in which we live – and how we might transform them into a world in which we are inspired to live.

You can learn more about Don at The Ayn Rand Institute or follow him on Twitter @dwatkins3.

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