Have. My name is george and im the programmer at the commonwealth and we want to welcome you and thanks so much for coming down. We will have Charles Schwab in conversation with adam bleszinski. We appreciate you all being members of the Commonwealth Club. If youre not a member itse oun a great time to join. Traffic programs coming up in programs like the one here. And there is ae jonbenet billyt the back of the room who will be happy to answer any questions about joining. See him on your way out. Youre welcome. Take a moment to turn off all your cell phones. While youre doing that let me tell you about a couple of things about the program at the Commonwealth Club. On october 31, halloween at noon brett will bewe with us, novem r november 12 National Review editor rich lowry on november 12 in the evening legendary jerry rice will be with us. And onh november 15 actress may lou henner who many may remember the tv series taxi, why she has a unique addition that allows her to remember eve
Him so i wont attempt to summarize his argument. I do want to briefly however extend a special thank you to share and will is one of our trustees for originally suggesting that danielle come to the Brooklyn Historical society to speak. If you like a year to make it happen. Here we are. So finally, just permit me the final word, a more formal introduction of danielle in his work. And then we will welcome him to the stage. Danielle markowitz is professor of law a yale School Yellow school. Adding director of center of study of private law. Organize works in the Philosophical Foundation is the private law and more on political philosophy and behavioral economics. He publishes in a range of disciplines including in science, the market economic review and law of the l internal. And after earning a ba in mathematics; lonnie from Yale University and markowitz received the marshall loss to semi lincoln where he was awarded a masters of science and a comment metrics and mathematical economics f
Business that she was inspired in the cinema what she saw on the screen to go to a place where she can live a life and pursue her dreams. She came here did not speak a word of english she wrote screenplays and books and then of course she wrote the epic novels that you know the fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Between those two books she wrote and thumb which is a novel that we chose to adapt as a graphic novel. We will get into that but what was her philosophy . Why is she still relevant among Society Today if you watch washington politics lately what we are seeing is entitlement the rich are to blame. The 1 percent causes the problem in society. The hatred for the good of being good we see the epidemic that greed that she defines it as a desire for the unearned. We are in a moral moment as a country where capitalism is questioned on the fundamental basis of fairness. That is why people are searching for answers and to challenge all of those ideas and those values. She saw first hand
Who was ayn rand quick. She is an immigrant in 19 oh five she and her two Little Sisters witnessed the Russian Revolution when she was 12 after the revolution the day came in and took their business in their home they struggled but she was inspired by what she saw that there was a possibility to go to a place to pursue her dreams and came here just six years after the franchise to vote and worked many different jobs she wrote screenplays and books and that epic novel of the fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and those that we chose to adapt as a graphic novel. But who is her philosophy why is she still relevant today to see what we see a lot of entitlement the rich are to blame the 1 percent caused the problems in society it is an epidemic that ayn rand called greed as it was the desire for the unearned so as a country where capitalism is in question are the fundamental basics because she challenged all of those ideas and those values and saw firsthand what collectivism had brought and de
And comparing it to other cultures which arent as functional. We gave some examples and that immediately caused a firestorm. Sunday night at 8 00 pm eastern on cspans q a. Jennifer grossman, who was ayn rand . Ayn rand was an immigrant, she was born Alyssa Rosenbaum in 1905. She and her sister witnessed the Russian Revolution when she was 12 from the window of her parents apartment. After the revolution the communists came and took her parentss business, all their money him of their home. She wandered and struggled. She was inspired by what she saw on screen that there was a possibility to go to a place where she could live her life and pursue her dreams. She came here six years after women got the franchise to vote. She worked many jobs, she became a writing machine, she wrote screen plays, she wrote books, then she wrote of course you pick novel the we know her best buy, the fountain head and Atlas Shrugged. Between those two books, she wrote anthem, a short dystopian scifi novel whi