Atlas Intellectuals

DML: Frederick Douglass [Atlas Intellectuals]

This week we are introducing a new Atlas Intellectuals course on Slavery. Let’s see this DML on Frederick Douglass: “Socialism Is Slavery Of All To All” After escaping from slavery in Maryland, Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining prestige for his oratory and critical writing against […]

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Murray Rothbard, “Free Market” [Atlas Intellectuals]

This week in the Atlas Intellectuals course on Capitalism we will see Murray Rothbard´s Free Market In this essay, selected for The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, Rothbard outlines the key moral and economic features of free markets. The full course: https://www.atlassociety.org/course/capitalism. Other Atlas Intellectuals courses on Socialism, Objectivity, Money, Robotics, and more: https://www.atlassociety.org/atlas-university/atlas-intellectuals

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Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism [Atlas Intellectuals]

This week in the Atlas Intellectuals course on Capitalism we consider the continuing impact of Vladimir Lenin’s Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. We here summarize Lenin’s “Preface,” in which he presents his core themes.  The full course: https://www.atlassociety.org/course/capitalism. Other Atlas Intellectuals courses on Socialism, Objectivity, Money, Robotics, and more: https://www.atlassociety.org/atlas-university/atlas-intellectuals

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Capitalism’s Modern History [Atlas Intellectuals]

Economic historian Robert Hessen was a Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. This week in the Atlas Intellectuals course on Capitalism we consider Hessen´s views on key elements and controversies in Capitalism´s modern history, focusing especially on its economic individualism. The full course: https://www.atlassociety.org/course/capitalism. Other Atlas Intellectuals courses on Socialism, Objectivity, Money, Robotics, and

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Defining *Capitalism* [Atlas Intellectuals]

This week in the Atlas Intellectuals course on Capitalism we consider 12 competing definitions of capitalism. Two are from widely used encyclopedias, five are from leading anti-capitalists, and five are from leading pro-capitalists. The full course: https://www.atlassociety.org/course/capitalism. Other Atlas Intellectuals courses on Socialism, Objectivity, Money, Robotics, and more: https://www.atlassociety.org/atlas-university/atlas-intellectuals

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