HS 500: Societal Degradation with Atlas Society’s Dr David Kelley

In today’s 10th Episode, Jason Hartman talks with Dr. David Kelley, founder of The Atlas Society and current Chief Intellectual Officer for the society, about the ideals of Ayn Rand and why the economic principles she laid out during her life are still applicable today, but also about how Dr. Kelley has expounded on those thoughts. They also discuss the current entitlement mentality in the United States and what dangers that presents.

Key Takeaways:

[2:10] What is the Atlas Society?

[7:53] Marx’s ideals have failed time after time but people keep going back to them. Why?

[10:35] The value of labor vs the value of capital

[15:07] We have degraded to the point that people are considering minimum wage jobs as careers

[19:22] Entitled mentality is toxic to society

Website:

www.AtlasSociety.org