Money & Power: A Debate with Hedrick Smith and Yaron Brook; discussion moderated by Rachael Cobb; presented by Ford Hall Forum@Suffolk, Oct. 10, 2013

Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents Money & Power: A Debate with Hedrick Smith and Yaron Brook; discussion moderated by Rachael Cobb. Thursday, October 10, 6:30-8:00 pm. Admission is free and open to all. Modern Theatre (part of Suffolk University), 525 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111. Wheelchair accessible and conveniently located near the Downtown Crossing stop on the MBTA Orange and Silver Lines. For more information, call Ford Hall Forum at 617-557-2007 or visit www.fordhallforum.org.

Associate Professor Rachael Cobb (Chair, SU CAS Government Dept.) moderates a critical debate between former New York Times journalist Hedrick Smith and Ayn Rand Institute President Yaron Brook on money and power.

Smith argues that a pro-business power shift in Washington and a change in the American business ethos away from stakeholder capitalism to shareholder capitalism has created a harmful economic divide in America.

Brook counters that today’s mess is a product, not of capitalism, but of empowering the government to restrict free enterprise and dole out favors to preferred groups. Smith offers ideas for reviving middle class power and prosperity, while Brook tells us how laissez-faire capitalism offers individuals on all levels of ability the greatest promise of prosperity in this incredible debate on wealth and power in the 21st century.