FMI Public Speaker Series - Why It's OK to Want to Be Rich - Jason Brennan
Channel: Free Market Institute
Date: 2021-10-13

Finger-wagging moralizers say the love of money is the root of all evil. They assume that making a lot of money requires exploiting others, and that the best way to wash off the resulting stain is to give a lot of it away.

In his recently published book, Why It's OK to Want to Be Rich, Jason Brennan shows that the moralizers have it backwards. He argues that, in general, the more money you make, the more you already do for others, and that even an average wage earner is productively “giving back” to society just by doing her job. In addition, wealth liberates us to have the best chance of leading a life that's authentically our own.

The Free Market Institute welcomed Jason Brennan, Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Term Professor at Georgetown University, to deliver a public lecture on Sep. 30, 2021, based on his book, 'Why It's OK to Want to Be Rich.'