“"I read 'The Fountainhead,' and now I'm getting a divorce," you know? (chuckles)”
Books mentioned in Jennifer Burns: Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, Economics, Capitalism, Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #457
From Lex Fridman Podcast · 2025-01-19
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“"The wealth of nations." It's concerned to some degree with distribution.”
“he's written a whole book on business cycles, but he doesn't see this business cycle coming.”
“"The Road to Serfdom," basically saying, taking these steps”
“you know, capitalism and freedom, democracy, the United States, capitalism.”
“he wrote an essay called "The Ethics of Competition." The metaphor that economic life is a game,”
“"Free to Choose," "Capitalism and Freedom," the television series he did,”
“And I describe this in the book in some detail, these anguished letters back and forth.”
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“because Hayek's "Denationalization of Money," it's a paper in the late 70s, you know,”
“So he had John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty," like "50 cents" written in the margin.”
“of revaluing values or a genealogy of morals. And so she says, "What's happened here”
“like writing "The Virtue of Selfishness." It's like, can we just call it self-actualization?”
“- You mentioned "We the Living" is one of the books that you like of hers the most.”
“with "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged?" What to you are some sort of memorable, inspiring moments,”
“but also about "The Alchemist." I know a lot of people for whom "The Alchemist,"”
“in "1984," the Two Minutes Hate where you can get everybody real,”