Ayn Rand Institute President Yaron Brook and Professor Bryan Caplan of George Mason University debate the resolution: “Anarcho-capitalism would certainly be a complete disaster for humanity.”
Brook, host of The Yaron Brook Show, says yes. He served as Executive Director of The Ayn Rand Institute from 2000 to 2017 and is now Chairman of the Board of Directors. Brook has co-authored many books focusing on capitalism and the benefits of free markets In search of wealth: the moral case for finance, Equality is unfair: America’s misguided fight against income inequalityAnd Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government. He was a columnist Forbesand is included in the Wall Street Journal, USA today, Investor business dailyand more.
Caplan, an economics professor at George Mason University, takes the negative view. He is The New York Times bestselling author of The myth of the rational voter, Selfish reasons for having more children, The case against education, and more. He writes for the Substack Bet On It and has been published in The New York Times, WashingtonPost, Wall Street Journal, Rodeand more.