University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

November 13, 2025 5:00 pm

This debate will take place at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs on Thursday, November 13th. The debate resolution is; “Be it resolved, capitalism is better than socialism for human flourishing.” Arguing the affirmative is Yaron Brook, Chairman of the Board of the Ayn Rand Institute; Host of The Yaron Brook Show; Author of In Pursuit of Wealth: The Moral Case for Finance. Arguing the negative is Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor of Jacobin; President of the Nation magazine; Author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality.

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