Hosted by The Atlas Society’s Senior Scholar, Dr. Richard Salsman, Ph.D., assistant professor of political economy at Duke University, Morals and Markets is a 90-minute webinar held on the fourth Thursday of each month.The purpose of Morals and Markets is to explore the intersections between ethics, politics, economics, and markets. A few readings are included in advance of each session; the sessions begin with opening comments by Dr. Salsman, followed by participants’ questions, comments, and debate. Dr. Salsman emphasizes the ideas and interpretations of novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism, including open-ended interpretations by her successors, but webinar participants need not be familiar with (nor endorse) those ideas; moreover, the webinar incorporates relevant ideas from all types of important and influential philosophers, legal theorists, political economists, business executives, and politicians.Since 2015 Dr. Salsman has taught in Duke’s Progra
