Foreign Policy of a Mixed Economy/Rebellion at Columbia (MP3 download)

By Ayn Rand This mp3 features two unrelated talks by Ayn Rand: “The Foreign Policy of a Mixed Economy” and “The Rebellion at Columbia.” The Foreign Policy of a Mixed Economy This speech discusses the relationship between America’s contradictory, self-defeating foreign policy and non-objective law. Rand observes that “the public interest” is a vague, undefinable term that “the wisest man in the world, with the purest integrity” cannot honestly use to make decisions. In the absence of valid legal principles, legislators open themselves up to pressure-group warfare domestically and foreign lobbyists internationally. The institutionalized buying and selling of political favors, given to some at the expense of others, allows America’s course in the world to be steered by the “manipulations of little lawyers and public relations men.” The Rebellion at Columbia In this talk, Rand analyzes the 1968 student rebellion at Columbia University. Throughout her talk, Rand gives voice to a different