From the Archives: G20 Reading List When Public Broadcasting Promoted Capitalism (Milton Friedman's "Free to Choose," TV review by Edward L. Hudgins) A look back to a time when public television promoted capitalism. Really. The Great Pretender A noted economist shows why individualists were right to be worried when Bush campaigned as a "compassionate conservative." Death by Environ-mentalism What does it mean, in practice, to hold a philosophy that values pristine nature, apart from any use that humans may make of it? The question is urgent because just that is the fundamental premise of the environmental movement, and the consequences are human deaths. » More TAS News… Answers to Questions Free Trade and the Poor  William Thomas(11/20/2008) What is Objectivism?  William Thomas(2/8/2002) Beauty and Moral Judgment  William Thomas(8/20/2009) Evasion and Error  William Thomas(7/28/2009) See all Objectivism Q&A; Atlas Shrugged Movie News! Atlas Shrugged Movie News   (3/1/2009)

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