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Rand on Our Times

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On the birthday of Atlas Shrugged author Ayn Rand, ASI Director Eamonn Butler will be hosting a webinar looking at what she might have made of our current concerns, such as lockdowns, free speech, cancel culture, identity politics, tearing down statues and more.

He will be joined by US Rand expert Tara Smith, UK activist Thomas Walker, and journalist Tom Burroughes.

Guests:

Dr Eamonn Butler, Director Adam Smith Institute (host)

Dr Tara Smith, Professor of Philosophy, the BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism, and the Anthem Foundation Fellow for the Study of Objectivism at the University of Texas at Austin.

Thomas Walker, Fellow & Strategy Researcher at Objective Standard Institute. He works as an urban planning consultant, holds a master’s degree from Oxford Brookes University, and has done research for the Adam Smith Institute.

Tom Burroughes, Group Editor at WealthBriefing, a UK-based news service covering the global wealth management sector. He has been a journalist for more than three decades, working at Reuters, The Business and Market News, among others.

Details:

Date: Tuesday, 2nd February 2021
Time: 6.30pm - 7.30pm (UK time)
Please note this webinar is scheduled 30 minutes later than our usual time

The webinar will begin at 6.30pm, with an audience Q&A session taking place at approximately 7.15pm. The webinar will conclude at 7.30pm.

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