by Ayn Rand (1964)

1) Monopolies; the constitutional foundations of capitalism; the history of railroads; the policy of homesteading.

2) The role of art in an ideal society; the meaning of Romantic Realism; Dostoyevsky's depiction of "life as it might be and ought not to be"; art vs. "depravity studies"; the literature of Shakespeare, Huxley, Nabokov and others.

(Audio CD; 56 min.)