Yaron Lectures: The Morality of Finance -- Hosted by the Adam Smith Institute

In this lecture, Yaron Brook discusses the morality of finance and why we should celebrate financiers. This lecture was delivered on November 13, 2017 in London at the Annual Ayn Rand Lecture Series hosted by the Adam Smith Institute.

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[UserNameAnonymous]

One of Yaron's finest talks, especially the Q&A

[soapbxprod]

Hooray, first to comment! Dear Dr. Brook- you never rest- truly praiseworthy, and inspirational. I'm also working on Christmas Eve while listening to your lecture in such a hallowed venue- Wow! Thanks for everything, Sir. VIVA AYN. (and Ludwig and Murray and Fritz and Uncle Milty... LOL) PS: I went to summer camp with Steven Mnuchin for 5 years- he was a very good kid. IMHO, good kids usually grow up to be good men... at the root, he thinks as you do.

[BuyTheDip]

Absolutely beautiful! Accounting & Finance major here.

[Zack_Raheem]

👏🏼👏🏼 Very passionate talk and answers.
Q&A: 56:00.

[edwardgibbon]

Powerful stuff. Cool setting! It makes the history elements seem very visceral.

[edwardgibbon]

Q&A section... old frumpy English dude... old frumpy English dude... exotic tattooed sexy lady?

[NavaidSyed]

Limited Liability is okay. I think you were just talking about government meddling causing problems in economy. What about the people and other businesses that get harmed and get compensated for only a part of their losses and the txa payers get billed for those losses?

[blucolife]

I enjoyed your lecture but have a few disagreements:

1. Shylock in The Merchant of Venice is the victim, not the bad guy. He is treated like crap by the guy who later borrows from him, his desire for revenge is justified. In the end, not only does he not get repayment for the loan, but his own daughter converts to Christianity and marries his enemy.

2. You claim Gregory Peck is handsome in Other People's Money? Come on, he's an old tall guy, how is that handsome? Besides, Leonardo DiCaprio plays a crooked financier in The World of Wall Street, and he's definitely handsome. I don't know why objectivists are obsessed with physical beauty, you might as well root for Hitler and jeer Churchill just because Hitler is fit and Churchill is fat.