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This July 3, join us for a special livestream event centered on Yaron Brook’s OCON 2026 talk, “America: The Nation of the Producer.”
Hosted by Brandon Lisi, the event will feature a live conversation with Dr. Brook about the themes of his OCON talk, followed by the online premiere of the talk itself. Please join us for this opportunity to celebrate America and the values that make freedom possible: reason, individualism, and the moral defense of capitalism.
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This July 3, join us for a special livestream event centered on Yaron Brook’s OCON 2026 talk, “America: The Nation of the Producer.”
Hosted by Brandon Lisi, the event will feature a live conversation with Dr. Brook about the themes of his OCON talk, followed by the online premiere of the talk itself. Please join us for this opportunity to celebrate America and the values that make freedom possible: reason, individualism, and the moral defense of capitalism.
ARI uniquely champions these ideals in the culture, and we couldn’t do it without the help of those who share our values: our donors.
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![How the SCOTUS Tariff Decision Helps Slow the Advance of Authoritarianism
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer discuss the recent decision in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump, striking down the President’s expansive “Liberation Day” tariffs.
• [00:00] Introduction
• [04:58] The majority’s reasoning
• [14:52] The major questions doctrine
• [26:05] Statutory interpretation and legislative intent
• [36:20] The dissent’s plausibility
• [42:33] The separation of powers
• [48:48] A stopgap against eroding separation of powers
• [57:59] Scrutinizing deprivation of economic liberty, property
• [01:04:36] Emergency powers
Resources:
• Ben Bayer, “Ayn Rand on Free Trade, the Essence of Capitalism’s Foreign Policy” [https://new-ideal.aynrand.org/p/ayn-rand-on-free-trade-the-essence?utm_source=publication-search]
• Ben Bayer, “The Constitutionally Dubious Law Empowering Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Tariff Authority” [https://new-ideal.aynrand.org/p/the-constitutionally-dubious-law]
• Ben Bayer, “The Lawyers Defending Trump’s Tariffs Know They’re Un-American. Here’s How We Can Tell” [https://new-ideal.aynrand.org/p/the-lawyers-defending-trumps-tariffs]
This episode was recorded on February 25, 2026.
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![Jordan Peterson vs Ayn Rand on Finding Purpose in Life
In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss how to make one’s life purposeful, without falling for the sacrificial tropes popular in our culture.
Among the topics covered:
• Why aiming at a challenging, effortful life should not be equated with suffering;
• How to evaluate Jordan Peterson’s notion that meaning is found outside of one’s life;
• What is wrong with pursuing purpose by bearing others burdens;
• Why achievement, not suffering, is the essence of human life and morality.
Recommended in this podcast are Ayn Rand’s novels Atlas Shrugged [https://aynrand.org/novels/atlas-shrugged/] and The Fountainhead [https://aynrand.org/novels/the-fountainhead/].
The podcast was recorded on December 17, 2024 and released on January 1, 2025.
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:24 Why an effortful life isn’t suffering
0:08:12 Peterson’s notion that meaning is outside of one’s life
0:16:13 Pursuing purpose by bearing others’ burdens
0:26:04 Achievement, not suffering, as the essence of human life
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