# Prof. Jonathan Haidt speaks on a panel at American Enterprise Institute, along with the Dalai Lama

1 Faculty News February 20, 2014 ![ABC News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030868.jpg?itok=uLedGLOd)>

Excerpt from [ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/02/capitalism-gets-cautious-blessing-of-dalai-lama/) -- “'This is such a wonderful day when a revered religious leader who is particularly beloved on the left comes to a free market think tank, so this is scrambling all the categories,' said [Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt), a panelist from New York University."

[Read more](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/02/capitalism-gets-cautious-blessing-of-dalai-lama/)

Additional coverage appeared on [The Christian Post](http://www.christianpost.com/news/free-markets-are-miracles-panelist-claims-debate-opens-dalai-lamas-mind-to-capitalism-114973/), [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/20/dalai-lama-capitalism_n_4826265.html?ir=Religion), the [National Review Online](http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/371608/dalai-lama-capitalist-convert-kathryn-jean-lopez), [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/opinion/brooks-capitalism-for-the-masses.html?hpw&rref=opinion&_r=0) and [The Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/asked-to-embrace-capitalism-the-dalai-lama-demurs/2014/02/20/dd5d67c0-9a77-11e3-9900-dd917233cf9c_story.html).