The Real Cost of Short-Term Thinking with Robert Tracinski

What is irrational self-interest? What is enlightened self-interest, and why do so many people get it wrong? Using a jaw-dropping real-world story of pardons and political operatives, join Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for the 299th episode of Objectively Speaking, where he explains why rational, long-term thinking is the true foundation of a free and civilized society and how irrational self-interest doesn’t just fail morally, but practically as well.

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The Real Cost of Short-Term Thinking with Robert Tracinski is an episode from The Atlas Society Presents - The Atlas Society Asks by The Atlas Society.

This episode is 01:00:28 long.

This episode was published on Apr 22, 2026.

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