Rand On Our Times
Tuesday, 2nd February 2021 at 6.30pm UK time
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.
Dr Butler will be joined by US Rand expert Tara Smith, UK activist Thomas Walker, and 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. He graduated with First-Class Honours in History from Brighton Polytechnic in 1987.
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