Dr. Yaron Brook visits as part of BB&T speaker series.

• Position: EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATION

The Phillips School of Business hosted noted speaker and Forbes.com columnist Dr. Yaron Brook as part of the annual BB&T grant speaker series. Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute, addressed faculty, students and community guests in a presentation, titled "Capitalism Without Guilt." He spoke about his perspectives on Ayn Rand's revolutionary view of why government intervention grows overtime and what must be done in order to stop it.

His articles have been featured in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Investor's Business Daily. A former finance professor, he is an internationally sought after speaker on such topics as the causes of the financial crisis and the morality of capitalism. Brook is...