February 12, 2009
I just watched the following three part interview of Ayn Rand by Mike Wallace. Of course,
Rand
is hardly a believer. She is materialist, objectivist, atheist philosopher. So, we don’t agree on everything. She, however, does believe in free markets, individual freedom, virtues and the US Constitution. This interview is fun to watch in light of the current economic crisis—which she forecasts. The most hilarious part in Mike Wallace’s bumbling (but abjectly sincere) defense of the welfare state on Christian grounds.
Rand
is hardly a believer. She is materialist, objectivist, atheist philosopher. So, we don’t agree on everything. She, however, does believe in free markets, individual freedom, virtues and the US Constitution. This interview is fun to watch in light of the current economic crisis—which she forecasts. The most hilarious part in Mike Wallace’s bumbling (but abjectly sincere) defense of the welfare state on Christian grounds.
For those students and alumni who studied
Rand
at Veritas, seeing her in almost living color is a real treat (the interview is in three parts):
