Onkar Ghate on The Enduring Appeal of Ayn Rand

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Mike talks with Onkar Ghate, a senior fellow and chief philosophy officer at the Ayn Rand Institute. Dr. Ghate is the Institute’s resident expert on Objectivism and serves as its senior trainer and editor. He has taught philosophy for over ten years at the Institute’s Objectivist Academic Center.

Dr. Ghate studied economics and philosophy at the University of Toronto and worked in the financial industry prior to joining the Ayn Rand Institute in 2000. He received his doctorate in philosophy in 1998 from the University of Calgary.

Mike & Dr. Ghate Discuss:

- Why Ayn Rand would hate Donald Trump
- Misunderstanding ‘selfishness’
- Objectivism and Judeo-Christian Values
- Why Rand wasn’t a Libertarian or a Conservative
- The 75th anniversary of Rand’s The Fountainhead
- Are there American politicians who embody Rand’s values?
- And lots more!

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