Yaron Lectures: The Morality of Entrepreneurship

hroughout centuries, entrepreneurs have created products and services that enrich our lives. Their main driver is their own self-interest and the prospect of making a profit, that enables them to not only sustain themselves, but to grow their businesses.<br /><br />Yet society tells entrepreneurs to sacrifice, to serve others, to “give back” — counting on their acceptance of self-interest as a moral crime, with chronic guilt its penance. Is it any wonder that entrepreneurial giants from John D. Rockefeller to Bill Gates have behaved as if profit-making leaves a moral stain that only tireless philanthropy can launder but never fully remove?<br /><br />It is time for the world to pay tribute to the entrepreneurs who have created the foundation of our most flourishing societies and in this lecture, Yaron does just that.<br /><br />Recorded on November 21, 2019 at the Austrian Economics Center / Hayek Institute in Vienna, Austria.<br /><br />Like what you hear? Become a sponsor member, get exclusive content and support the creation of more videos like this at <a href="https://www.yaronbrookshow.com/support/" rel="noopener">https://www.yaronbrookshow.com/support/</a>, Subscribestar <a href="https://www.subscribestar.com/yaronbrookshow" rel="noopener">https://www.subscribestar.com/yaronbrookshow</a> or direct through PayPal: paypal.me/YaronBrookShow.<br /><br />Want more? Tune in to the Yaron Brook Show on YouTube (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/ybrook)" rel="noopener">https://www.youtube.com/ybrook)</a>. Continue the discussions anywhere on-line after show time using #YaronBrookShow. Connect with Yaron via Tweet @YaronBrook or follow him on Facebook @ybrook and YouTube (/YaronBrook).<br /><br />Want to learn more about Objectivism? Check out ARI at <a href="https://ari.aynrand.org" rel="noopener">https://ari.aynrand.org</a>.