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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: USAID Corruption: Deeper Than You Think
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In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Agustina Vergara Cid examine the current controversy over USAID and discuss Ayn Rand’s distinctive critique of the morality behind America’s foreign aid.
Among the topics covered:
How recent revelations about USAID expose the agency’s absurd, if not malicious, activities;
Why Rand viewed foreign aid and its justification in the name of “the public interest” as morally corrupt;
The continuing relevance of Rand’s critique of the altruistic premises underlying arguments for foreign aid;
How an unprincipled foreign policy has failed to pr...