Watch ARC speakers during “Capitalism Awareness Week”

September 27, 2011 by Rituparna Basu

Over the next week, ARI speakers will participate in “Capitalism Awareness Week.” Capitalism Awareness Week is being spearheaded by the student publication The Undercurrent, and will feature a series of events at college campuses addressing what capitalism really is and how our country would be far more prosperous and just if markets were free.

  • Tonight Yaron Brook will debate Dane Smith, the president of Growth and Justice, on whether regulating capitalism is a moral necessity or moral treason.
  • On Thursday, Sept. 29, Don Watkins will tackle America’s entitlement crisis and answer whether the entitlement state and its leading programs—Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security—can and should survive.
  • On Tuesday, Oct. 4, John Allison, an ARI board member and retired chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, will discuss the causes, consequences, and cures of the recent financial crisis.

The best part is: all of these events will be streamed live over the web. So be sure to check them out!

More information can be found at capitalismweek.org (which is also where the events can be streamed live).