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May 2, 2013 - C. Bradley Thompson
speaks on “American Education: Reform or Revolution?”
Video of his talk “Separation of School and State:
The Case for Abolishing America’s Government Schools”
from the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights:
tiny.cc/ThompsonSchool

NYC Junto Newsletter – April, 2013

by Iris Bell on April 16, 2013

Contents
* NEW Junto meeting May 2
* NEW Upcoming Junto speakers through Nov. 2013
* NEW Moral shift by libertarians, Rand to Hayek & Rawls 
* NEW Standup comedian Andrew Heaton spoke at last Junto
* NEW TransPacific Partnership would undermine U.S. law
* NEW Boudreaux's open letter on TransPacific Partnership 
* NEW Whose side is the NRA really on? 
* NEW Epstein at Vassar: Some students learn, others disrupt
* NEW Peter Schiff on David Stockman
* NEW David Stockman: Corruption of capitalism in America 
* NEW George Mason U. ranks freedom in the 50 states
* NEW "Atlas Shrugged" Reading Group, Sat., Apr. 20, 3:00pm
* NEW NYC Ayn Rand Meetup, Sun., Apr. 28, 3:00pm
* NEW NY Heroes "Celebrate Self" Hike, Sun., May 12, 11:00am
* NEW The Fountainhead in New York City, course at NYU
* NEW Free market, Objectivist & libertarian groups and sites
* Fred Cookinham's five Ayn Rand walking tours
* Read & post new Junto Forum, NYCjunto-discuss list
* About this Junto newsletter
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Junto is a group that shares information,
discusses current issues and presents speakers

C. Bradley Thompson 
"American Education: Reform or Revolution?" 

Thursday, May 2

Admission Free -- no reservation necessary
* We'll socialize from 7:00pm to 7:30pm.
* 7:30pm moderator, Gene Epstein calls first for announcements 
    of things happening before the next Junto. Then other 
    announcements and for people introducing themselves.
* The speaker will begin promptly at 8:00pm and talk about 
    45 minutes, uninterrupted.  
* Following the talk are questions, discussions and rebuttal 
    of the speaker's points. Discussions are intense but polite.
* The meeting will continue to 10:00pm or later.

General Society Library 
20 West 44 St., between 5th and 6th Aves., NYC
near the Grand Central Terminal

* Subway: 4, 5, 6, S to Grand Central -- 42nd St. 
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* Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M42, M98, M101, M102, M104, Q32
* Train: MTA Metro-North Railroad to Grand Central 
* Car: Some private parking facilities in the area. Parking on 
    side streets is metered, limited to specific days and times.

* Junto meets on the first Thursday of every month.
* Participation by all attendees is highly encouraged.
* 60 to 100 people attend most Juntos.

C. Bradley Thompson will speak on "American Education: 
Reform or Revolution?"
    Some fans of his consider him the best presenter of 
Objectivist ideas.
    This is his statement:
"There is no question today more urgent and that deserves 
greater attention than this: Is capitalism a just and moral 
system?
    "The mission of the Clemson Institute for the Study of 
Capitalism is to examine and to increase public awareness 
of the moral foundations of capitalism.
    "Through teaching, scholarship and community outreach 
programs, the Clemson Institute provides a public forum for 
investigating the underlying principles and institutions of 
capitalism (e.g., individual rights, private property, contracts, 
voluntary associations, entrepreneurship, the rule of law, 
limited government, and free trade).
    "The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism believes 
that the health and preservation of free socieites requires that 
scholars, students and citizens understand the underlying 
principles and institutions that distinguish free from unfree 
societies. To help foster that understanding the Clemson 
Institute engages with diverse viewpoints in order to provide 
an intellectual forum that encourages and values honest and 
rigorous conversation and debate.
    "The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism is also 
founded on the belief that critical thinking and serious 
conversation about morality, politics and economics must be 
validated by a rigorous adherence to reality and human nature. 
We therefore support scholarship that examines how certain 
moral, political and econoomic ideas actually work in practice, 
and whether those ideas do or do not produce freedom,
opportunity and prosperity for the citizens of the societies 
that affirm them."
    Thompson is BB&T Research Professor at Clemson U. and 
the Executive Director of the Clemson Institute for the Study 
of Capitalism. He has also been a visiting fellow at Princeton 
and Harvard universities and at the University of London.
    Thompson is the author of "Neoconservatism: An Obituary 
for an Idea" and the prize-winning book "John Adams and the 
Spirit of Liberty." He has also edited "The Revolutionary 
Writings of John Adams," "Antislavery Political Writings, 
1833-1860: A Reader," co-edited "Freedom and School Choice 
in American Education," and was an associate editor of the 
four-volume "Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment." 
    His current book project is on the ideological origins of 
American constitutionalism.
    This is an essay he wrote in 2008: 
"An Open Letter to America's Students --
Will 'Atlas Shrugged' Change your Life Forever?"
    This letter is addressed to all young people who've read 
or are about to read Ayn Rand's epic novel, "Atlas Shrugged."
    I've taught "Atlas Shrugged" for fifteen years during which 
time I've witnessed many remarkable things. For example, 
some 95% of my students report that 'Atlas Shrugged' is the 
best book they've ever read. No book that I've taught comes 
remotely close to fostering a more robust exchange of ideas 
in the classroom. My students typically come to class after 
pulling an all-nighter debating "Atlas" with their friends, and 
then they pepper me with dozens of questions. Whether one 
agrees or disagrees with Ayn Rand's ideas, few could deny 
that this is what the college experience is supposed to be like.
    During those few weeks each year when I teach "Atlas 
Shrugged," I've seen hundreds of students become intellectually 
engaged in ways they weren't before reading this extraordinary 
book. 
    The comment I hear most often from students goes
something like this: " 'Atlas Shrugged' sums up everything 
that I've always admired and believed but could never put into 
words." Ayn Rand's novel speaks to many students' deepest 
values and aspirations: it appeals to their sense of justice, 
integrity, honesty, and independence, and it appeals to their 
desire to live in a world where achievement and heroism
are rewarded.
    To enter the world of "Atlas Shrugged" is to experience 
a world radically different from today's. Many of you will 
find this world exhilarating, and it just might change your 
life forever.... 
    You can read all of this open letter here:
tiny.cc/ThompsonAtlas
    Thompson is also an occasional writer for The Times 
Literary Supplement of London. 
    He has lectured around the country on education reform and 
the American Revolution. His OpEd essays have appeared in 
scores of newspapers around the country and abroad. 
    Here are his two talks on political thought of John Adams 
on C-SPAN TV:
c-spanVideo.org/cThompson
    Here's his talk "Why Marxism?" An evening at FEE:
tiny.cc/ThompsonMarxism
    Here's the video of his talk "Separation of School and State:
The Case for Abolishing America's Government Schools"
from the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights:
tiny.cc/ThompsonSchool
    Here are links to his OpEds:
tiny.cc/ThompsonOpEds
    Here are links to his books: 
tiny.cc/ThompsonBooks
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NEW______________________________________________
Come to Junto, meet these upcoming speakers:

* June 6, John Mackey, speaking about his book "Liberating 
    the Heroic Spirit of Business: Conscious Capitalism." 
    CEO Whole Foods Market. He's interviewed at: 
    tiny.cc/interviewMackey

* July 4, no Junto meeting. 
    Celebrate Independence Day on your own. 

* Aug. 1, Tyler Cowen, subject to be announced. Writer, 
    general director/professor, economics, Center for Study of 
    Public Choice, George Mason U. He posts to his blog many 
    times most days: tiny.cc/MRblog His food blog: 
    tiny.cc/ETHNICdining and his bio and books at Amazon: 
    tiny.cc/CowenBioBooks

* Sept. 5, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, speaking on "Freedom 
    Watch." Fox News sr. judicial analyst. Lectures nationally 
    on U.S. Constitution, rule of law, civil liberties in wartime 
    and freedom. Had "Freedom Watch" TV show on Fox News. 
    His site: JudgeNap.com 

* Oct. 3, David Stockman speaking about his book "The Great 
    Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America."
    Former businessman, US congressman and budget director 
    under Ronald Reagan.

* Nov. 7, Charles Calomiris speaking about his book 
    "Fragile by Design: Banking Crises, Scarce Credit, and 
    Political Bargains." Columbia U. professor financial 
    institutions. Task Force on Property Rights at Hoover Inst., 
    co-directs Project on Financial Deregulation at American 
    Enterprise Institute. His blog: tiny.cc/CCblog and his bio: 
    tiny.cc/CCbio

NEW______________________________________________
The moral shift by libertarians from Rand to Hayek & Rawls
    I strongly recommend this thought provoking podcast. In it
philosopher Diana Hsieh talks to historian John P. McCaskey. 
They point out the libertarian intellectuals who've begun saying
capitalism is moral because it benefits to society.
    McCaskey says the original idea defending free markets 
was based on individual rights with the role of government 
to protect those rights. 
    This came under attack in the 19th century. Then the concept 
of rights was undercut in various ways by libertarian thinkers 
until today it has been abandoned by a new development called 
bleeding heart libertarianism.  
    He says the ideas contained in John Rawls' theory of Social 
Justice have been accepted by thinkers such as Brink Lindsey, 
who spoke at Junto two months ago. McCaskey says Rawls 
sees capitalism as a win-lose situation with government needed 
to even things out. 
    McCaskey sees things differently. He says that capitalism 
is in fact a win-win situation where value is traded for value, 
as Ayn Rand demonstrates. He says leading thinkers such as 
Brink Lindsey promote progressive ends using libertarian 
means and that bad ideas on public policy are the result. 
    This talk covers Friedrich Hayek, John Rawls, Murray
Rothbard and Objectivism plus the fact that Hayek + Rawls = 
bleeding heart libertarianism. Lindsey is an example of this 
kind of libertarian who accepts taxing the rich, govt schools,
unemployment insurance, public health care, etc., while 
being pro-free market.
    McCaskey says bleeding heart libertarians may believe 
they're defending liberty but that they're undercutting it 
by failing to challenge Rawls' false premise.
    McCaskey is an historian of philosophy. He's been teaching 
at Stanford U., Stevens Inst. of Tech. and most recently the 
Political Science department at Brown U. He'd been active 
in major projects at the Ayn Rand Inst.
    Listen now or download this audio podcast at Hsieh's site:
tiny.cc/MoralShift
    Visit McCaskey's site:
johnMcCaskey.com

NEW______________________________________________
Standup comedian Andrew Heaton spoke at the last Junto
    His business card says "Professionally Clever." He's a 
standup comedian, writer and political satirist residing in 
NYC. Originally from the state of Oklahoma, he has lived 
in DC while working as a staffer for the U.S. Congress and in 
Scotland as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar while earning his 
masters degree in International Politics.
    He has performed standup comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe 
Festival, Australia, Germany and throughout the U.S., and is 
a regular contributor to The Freeman, ClotureClub.com, 
Brightest Young Things and Ask A New Yorker. He began 
writing humor columns for The Oklahoma Daily in 2004.
    In his spare time Heaton writes humorous novels, and 
plays laser tag and bocce ball. He loves science fiction, puppies 
and fine whisky....
    Visit his site to see his essays, cartoons and video:
mightyHeaton.com

NEW______________________________________________
The TransPacific Partnership would undermine U.S. law
    At the April Junto Anne Heller introduced Curtis Ellis who
told us about TransPacific Partnership, which may be coming.
    It's a secretive, multi-national agreement which threatens to 
extend restrictive intellectual property laws across the globe 
and to rewrite international rules on its enforcement. 
    It's misleadingly called a "trade agreement" but it's really 
a system of global government the Obama administration is 
building with Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Mexico, 
New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Chile and Peru.
    It puts American companies at a competitive disadvantage. 
Foreign firms doing business in the U.S. will be exempt from 
the EPA and other regulations that will continue to strangle 
American-owned businesses.
    Ellis recommends these sites:
* Bullet point info on TransPacific Partnership with citations, 
    links and videos on the subject. It has a link to contact your
    congressmen:
    NoTPP.us
* An analysis by the Electronic Frontier Foundation on how 
    the TransPacific Partnership endangers intellectual freedom 
    on the Internet:
    eff.org/issues/tpp
* This site has analysis of the TransPacific Partnership by 
    Americans for Limited Government president Bill Wilson.
    tiny.cc/TPPlaw

NEW______________________________________________
Don Boudreaux's open letter on the TransPacific Partnership 
    Boudreaux wrote an open letter to Rep. John Dingell:
"You and some of your Congressional colleagues, in a March 
12th letter, urge Pres. Obama 'to address currency manipulation 
in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.' You claim that 
such manipulation reduces employment in America.
    "Please reconsider.
"First, if -- as every serious economist understands – genuine
efficiency gains by foreign exporters increase Americans' 
wealth without reducing the net number of jobs in America, 
then government-induced efficiency gains for foreign exporters 
have the very same effect for Americans. In both cases, we get 
valuable goods and services at lower costs while some of our 
labor and capital are released to produce outputs that would 
otherwise be too costly to supply.  The ability of the U.S. 
market to create jobs is just as strong for workers who lose 
their jobs because of "unfair" trade practices as it is for workers 
who lose their jobs because of trade practices that are 
irrefutably legitimate.
    "Second, the foreign trade practices that you condemn 
either do or do not improve the overall economic health of 
the countries whose governments implement these practices. 
If these practices do improve those countries’ economic health, 
then they are not "unfair" by any appropriate standard. Such 
practices are no more worthy of condemnation and retaliation 
than are, say, Uncle Sam's own NSF grants, education 
subsidies, highway-building projects, and the like -- all 
of which, I'm sure, you regard as legitimate means used 
by Uncle Sam to strengthen the U.S. economy...."
    You can read the rest on his site:
tiny.cc/DonBtoDingell
    Thanks to Gene Epstein for recommending this letter by 
Boudreaux, who's been a Junto speaker many times.

NEW______________________________________________
Whose side is the NRA really on? 
    This essay is by Felix Bronstein, who often attends Junto. 
It's on the Freedom Outpost's site.
    "While the 'mainstream media' and the rest of the usual 
suspects continue to demonize individual gun owners and the 
NRA, you don't have to be a rabid hoplophobe to question 
the NRA.
    "The popular view of the NRA, no matter whether one 
supports or opposes the G-d-given right (or indeed a duty) 
to keep and bear arms guaranteed by the 2nd, 9th and 10th 
Amendments to the Constitution, is that it is a staunch and 
consistent defender of these rights...."
    You can read all of this essay at:
tiny.cc/GunControl

NEW______________________________________________
Epstein visits Vassar: Some students learn, others disrupt
    This report is by Robert Begley who often attends Junto. 
It's on the blog of The Objective Standard: Daily Commentary 
from an Objectivist Perspective.
    " 'Fossil Fuels Improve the Planet,' Alex Epstein argued in 
a March 29 talk (which I attended) at Vassar College.
    "The event almost didn't take place. Student members of the 
group 350.org -- which opposes the development of fossil fuels
-- petitioned to have the talk canceled. When that didn't work, 
some set out to sabotage it...." Read all of Begley's report at:
tiny.cc/EpsteinVassar
    You can see Epstein's Vassar talk here:
tiny.cc/EpsteinTalk
    Alex Epstein spoke at Junto about his Center for Industrial 
Progress. You can visit its site here:
industrialProgress.net

NEW______________________________________________
Peter Schiff on David Stockman
    "This week, while economists should have been closely
considering the implications of the actual bankruptcy of 
Stockton, CA, they instead heaped scorn on the perceived 
ideological bankruptcy of David Stockman. In other words, 
Stockman trumped Stockton.
    "Ronald Reagan's former Budget Director contributed 
'Sundown in America' a multi-page opinion piece to the Sun.
NY Times which loudly and eloquently described the illusions 
of our current economic system. While I don't agree with 
everything Stockman believes, I think he is showing great 
wisdom and courage in making dire predictions and calling 
for extreme changes in our policy and politics....
    Read the rest of this at:
tiny.cc/SchiffStockman
    Stockman will be speaking at the Oct. 3 Junto. Our thanks to
Lee Clifford for this link. She often attends Junto.

NEW______________________________________________
David Stockman: Corruption of Capitalism in America, video 
    As part of his promotion of his new book "The Great 
Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America" 
he spoke at Cato. His Oct. 3 Junto talk is part of his tour.
    The book's a searing look at DC's fiscal crisis. It counters 
conventional wisdom with an 80-year revisionist history of 
how the American state -- especially the Federal Reserve -- has 
fallen prey to politics of crony capitalism & the ideologies of 
fiscal stimulus, monetary central planning & financial bailouts.
    Stockman points at Franklin Roosevelt, who fathered crony 
capitalism; Richard Nixon, who destroyed fiscal discipline and 
the gold-backed dollar; Fed chairs Greenspan & Bernanke, who 
fostered bubble finance and addiction to debt and speculation; 
George W. Bush, who repudiated fiscal rectitude and ballooned 
the warfare state via senseless wars; and Barack Obama, who 
revived failed Keynesian "borrow and spend" policies that have 
driven the national debt to perilous heights. He doesn’t spare 
Ronald Reagan and Milton Friedman, either. He’s guaranteed
to provoke liberals, conservatives, and libertarians.
    Our thanks to Lee Clifford for this link to his talk:
tiny.cc/CatoStockman

NEW______________________________________________
George Mason U. ranks freedom in the 50 states
    Jason Sorens and William Ruge of The Mercatus Center
at George Mason U. score all 50 states on over 200 policies 
including fiscal policy, regulatory policy and personal freedom. 
    They weight public policies according to the estimated costs 
of government restrictions on freedom impose on their victims.
    They know different people value aspects of freedom 
differently. You can personalize the ranking and pick and 
choose which aspects of freedom you value and see how
the states stack up.
    This article in the NY Post is an overview, focused on NY
State "State Ranks Dead Last in Personal Freedom." Read it at:
tiny.cc/PostFreedom
    To read the study results and rank them yourself:
freedominThe50states.org

NEW______________________________________________
"Atlas Shrugged" Reading Group, Sat., April 20, 3:00pm
    A chapter a month. New York Objectivist Society
    3:00pm to 5:00pm, third Sat. every month, 
    120 Park Ave., SW corner 42nd St. alt. entrance on 42nd St. 
    It's a public space with tables and chairs. 
Part III: A is A, Chapter 3: Anti-Greed 
    This is the 23nd chapter of this 30 chapter book.
There's a $5 fee to attend. It's given to the Ayn Rand Inst. 
to give Rand's novels to high schoolers and home schoolers.  
    The reading group has only one rule: you can't integrate or 
refer to material in the text that hasn't been covered yet by the 
present discussion.
    Please read the chapter in advance in preparation for
the discussion.
    Moderator Robert Begley will give an analysis of each scene, 
then open to comments and questions, before going to the next 
scene. Ending with a discussion of the chapter title's meaning.
    Timeline: June 29
1. Project X demonstration.
2. Dagny returns: Calls Rearden, in office with Eddie, with Jim 
    and Cuffy. Then with Lillian.
3. Dagny on the radio.
4. Dagny in her apartment, with Rearden.
    We'll read aloud the scene with Dagny and Rearden.
Read about the group here:
tiny.cc/AtlasReadApril2013

NEW______________________________________________
NYC Ayn Rand Meetup, Sun., April 28, 3:00pm
    As always, we'll talk about Ayn Rand, her works, challenges, 
Objectivist life, options, associations and knowledge.
    Give and take, open to all, no charge, no reservations.
It's at The Midtown Restaurant, 155 East 55 St., between
3rd and Lexington Avenues, mid-block on the north side
of 55th St., in Manhattan, free.
    There are usually one to two dozen people at each Meetup.
Benny Pollack, Ayn Rand Meetup organizer, says:"Join our
group of regular Objectivists for a lively discussion on topics
related to Ayn Rand and Objectivist philosophy in general.
    "Please join us. If you are already versed in the topic, want
to learn or just want to spend an intellectually stimulating
afternoon, please come. I hope to see you all there."
    The Ayn Rand Meetup is on the last Sunday of each month:
AynRand.meetup.com/8

NEW______________________________________________
NY Heroes "Celebrate Self" Hike, Sun., May 12, 11am
    Storm King State Park, US 9W, Cornwall on Hudson, NY
11:00am to 5:00pm
    To learn about the origin of NY Heroes Society & Celebrate 
Self read Andrew Bernstein's novel "Heart of a Pagan."
    In this hike we'll enjoy the Storm King State Park, just north 
of West Point, overlooking the Hudson River and facing the 
Breakneck Ridge across the river.
    We start at the historical marker "Freedom Road" adjacent 
to the parking lot and hike to the top of the mountain. There 
we enjoy the spectacular views of the Catskills, Hudson River, 
Breakneck Ridge, etc, and socialize while taking lunch. 
    Then in the spirit of celebrating self with one's purposeful, 
productive life, successes and gains, everyone is encouraged 
to give a short speech to share their personal goals and 
achievements of the year.
    The hike will take about 3 to 4 hours. After the hike, we'll
go to a local place for dinner.
    To RSVP, for complete info and directions by car and
public transportation:
tiny.cc/HeroHike

NEW______________________________________________
The Fountainhead in New York City, course at NYU
    School of Continuing & Professional Studies, Frank Heynick:
"Many immigrants have reinvented themselves in NY, but 
novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand did so with a particular 
passion. Having fled to America after the Russian Revolution, 
she wrote 'The Fountainhead' as an homage to NYC and its 
skyscrapers, which had beckoned to her from the movie screens 
of her native St. Petersburg. Explore Rand's Russian/Jewish 
background, her choice of architecture as the focus of her 
philosophy, the architectural scene in the 1920s and 1930s, 
Rand's admiration for Frank Lloyd Wright, the controversial 
movie adaptation of 'The Fountainhead,' and the relevance 
of Rand's novel today." $270., July 11 to Aug. 8, Thurs.
6:45pm to 8:45pm, Midtown Center
    The report I have from a person who began the course and 
from conversations with Heynick, is that he doesn't have much 
understanding of Objectivism and has many ideas of his own
which don't match Rand's.

NEW______________________________________________
Free market, Objectivist and libertarian groups and sites

* Groups which meet in Manhattan:
    NYC Junto -- NYCjunto.org
    NYC Ayn Rand Meetup -- meetup.com/AynRand-8
    Atlas Reading Group -- tiny.cc/AtlasReadGroup
    NY Heroes -- tiny.cc/NYheroesObj
    Ayn Rand NY Tours -- tiny.cc/ToursRand
    Manhattan Libertarian Party -- manhattanLP.org

* Sites to visit:
    NYC Junto Forum -- tiny.cc/JuntoForum 
    Ayn Rand Institute -- AynRand.org
    Ed Thompson's site -- AtlasAnswers.net
    The Atlas Society -- AtlasSociety.org
    The Atlasphere -- theAtlasphere.com
    Liberty Magazine -- tiny.cc/LibertyMag
    Ayn Rand Lexicon -- AynRandLexicon.com
    The Objective Standard -- theObjectiveStandard.com
    The Objective Standard's Blog -- tiny.cc/blogTOS
    Aristos: An Online Review of the Arts -- aristos.org
    Forum for Ayn Rand Fans -- forums.4aynRandFans.com
    Philosophy in Action -- philosophyinAction.com
    Sense of Life Objectivists -- soloPassion.com
    Objectivism Online -- objectivismOnline.com
    Rebirth of Reason -- rebirthOfReason.com
    The Tracinski Letter -- tracinskiLetter.com
    Real Clear Politics -- RealClearPolitics.com
    Ludwig Von Mises Institute -- mises.org
    Bastiat Institute -- Bastiatinstitute.org
    Institute for Justice -- ij.org
    Cato Institute -- cato.org

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Fred Cookinham's five Ayn Rand walking tours
* "Atlas Shrugged"
    SAT. June 15, Aug. 24, Nov. 23 -- SUN. Aug. 25
* Ayn Rand's Park Avenue
    SAT. July 20 -- SUN. July 21 -- WED. May 1, 22, 29, 
    June 5, 12, 19, 26, July 3, 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, Sept. 4, 11
* Skyscrapers of ''The Fountainhead'' 
    SAT. June 22, Nov. 2 -- SUN. June 23, Nov. 3
* Ayn Rand on Broadway
    SAT. Aug. 28 
* Ayn Rand Fifth Avenue
    SAT. Oct. 26    
All scheduled tours $20, over 65 $15:
tiny.cc/ToursRand                 
    Private tours $30. To arrange for your private tour or for 
more information, call Fred at home: 718-397-9019 or on his 
cell: 917-607-9019 or email him: fcookinham [at] juno.com 
    Fred's tours get better because he never stops researching. 
This July he'll speak at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas. "What I 
have learned from a lifetime of studying Ayn Rand."
    He's often at Junto and Ayn Rand Meetups. He gave the 
''Ayn Rand and Free Market Tour'' for Mont Pelerin Society. 

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About Junto and this Junto newsletter
* Gene Epstein moderates Junto. He's the economics editor 
    and books editor of Barron's, the weekly business magazine,
    author of ''Econospinning: How to Read Between the Lines
    When the Media Manipulate the Numbers''
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* Iris Bell writes this e-newsletter.
* Oleg Atbashian created NYCjunto.com. He also sends 
    out this e-newsletter, cares for its email list  and moderates 
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NYC Junto Newsletter – January 2013

January 15, 2013

Contents * NEW Junto meeting Feb. 7 * NEW Upcoming Junto speakers through April 2013 * NEW “Obama and Ayn Rand” by Dr. Tibor Machan * NEW Allison Fin, Crisis & Free Market Cure, Wed., Jan. 16 * NEW Boudreaux at Jan. Junto, his letter on Potato Famine * NEW Dionysium debate moderated by Seavey, [...]

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NYC Junto Newsletter – December 2012

December 31, 2012

Contents * NEW Junto meeting Jan. 3 * NEW Upcoming Junto speakers through April 2013 * NEW Benefits of income inequality, Richard Epstein video * NEW Objective Standard for end of government schools * NEW Objective Standard’s free services * NEW Objective Standard’s livestream debate * NEW Objective Standard Blog: Peter Schiff on taxes as [...]

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Junto Newsletter – December 2012: Lots to read and do

December 1, 2012

Contents * NEW Junto meeting Dec. 6 * NEW Upcoming Junto speakers through April 2013 * NEW Obama vs. Rand on what made America great * NEW Making medical care affordable * NEW Ayn Rand Institute eStore sells low price MP3s * NEW “MacGyvers” born in the superstorm in New York * NEW “Ayn Rand [...]

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Junto Newsletter, Oct. 2012 – Obama talks of Rand and more going on

October 26, 2012

Contents * NEW Junto meeting Nov. 1 * NEW Upcoming Junto speakers through April 2013 * NEW Epstein’s PowerPoint on Economic Freedom survey * NEW 10 Things I Learned from Gary Hoover, by Victor N. * NEW Obama, unsurprisingly, gets Ayn Rand wrong * NEW Cato podcast: Ayn Rand VS. Ron Paul * NEW Econophobia: [...]

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NYC Junto Newsletter, September 2012 – Lots to go to in NYC, sites to visit, things to read

September 17, 2012

Contents * NEW Junto meeting Oct. 4 MORE CHANGES THIS MONTH * NEW Upcoming Junto speakers through April 2013 * NEW Galt Niederhoffer co-producer, film “Robot & Frank” * NEW Man with a Load of Mischief, musical revival * NEW Recommended at Junto, the TV series, 2 Broke Girls * NEW Junto speaker, Richard Kostelanetz, [...]

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NYC Junto Newsletter, August 2012 – Ayn Rand and Paul Ryan and lots more

August 18, 2012

UPDATE: Second speaker added to next Junto meeting Contents * NEW Junto meeting September 6, TWO SPEAKERS * Upcoming Junto speakers through November * NEW Feel better about the world, listen to Yaron Brook * NEW The man who allowed Hong Kong to blossom * NEW Rights vs liberty * NEW Mars robots created in [...]

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NYC Junto Newsletter – July 2012: Suggestions of things to read and do

July 20, 2012

Contents * Junto meeting August 2 * Upcoming Junto speakers through November * NEW Get Gene Epstein’s PowerPoint of his June Junto talk * NEW Objectivist to lead Cato Institute, libertarian think tank * NEW Libertarianism, Anarchism, Austrian Economics * NEW Ten must-read books on free market economics * NEW Ten books on capitalism for [...]

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