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that without a new technology revolution, globalization’s discontents would lead to increased conflict and, perhaps, a worldwide conflagration. Thiel’s a proud contrarian, perhaps, but a full-on Libertarian? Not so much. If I had been libertarian in the most narrow, Ayn Rand-type way
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You know who else loves Ayn Rand? ... The sick, selfish Republican creeps like Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor. I will shop elsewhere.More quotes »
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Rand vs. Human Weakness, by Bryan Caplan
I didn't want to goad Krugman by quoting Ayn Rand against him. So I waited for one day to pass. This passage from Galt's speech is one of Rand's best: "It's only human," you cry in defense of any depravity, reaching the stage of self-abasement where you 2:25 PM from EconLog Read more »
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PhillyDeals: Capitalism working for makers of libertarian film
How do capitalist ideas fare in the real-world video entertainment market? "We're close on breaking even" on Part One, and most of the way to raising $25 million for the next part of a planned trilogy version of Ayn Rand's libertarian fantasy n 2/14/12 from Philadelphia Inquirer Read more »
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Special Effects: Gone with the Wind and Genre Difficulties
1. One problem with modern American romance is that very little can prevent two Americans who love each other from getting married. (So long as they don’t share a combination of sex chromosomes, and it’s fair to say the tide is turning on that one.) This from The Millions Read more »
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Ayn Rand Was an Illegal Immigrant
Earlier this month was the birthday of Ayn Rand, the controversial philosopher and novelist, who emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1926. Regardless of what one thinks of her ideas, there is no denying that she was a great American. When the American int from Reason Read more »
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