Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2023-11-15
Books mentioned on Jennifer Burns on Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand
Jennifer Burns is a professor of history at Stanford who works at the intersection of intellectual, political, and cultural history.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A positive program for laissez faire
Discussed“Henry Simons had a book that was sort of a big deal in the 1930s it was called a positive program for Le fair”
Where to get it
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A monetary history of the United States
Discussed“that also comes after he's completed with Anna Schwarz his magnum opus a monetary History of the United States”
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Capitalism and freedom
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman is a classic exposition of classical liberal economic theory advocating for the supremacy of competitive capitalism and limited government intervention.
Discussed“so you don't see capitalism and freedom you know falling off people's lips in the same way in England as it did in the United States”
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Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman and Rose D.
Discussed“so you don't see capitalism and freedom you know falling off people's lips in the same way in England as it did in the United States”
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Two lucky people
Discussed“now how is it that you read their joint Memoir two lucky people”
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is a sprawling philosophical novel that champions Objectivism, individualism, and laissez-faire capitalism through a dystopian narrative about society grinding to a halt when its intellectual and economic innovators go on strike.
Critiqued“the the pity with Atlas Shrugged is she was uneditable by that time and she really needed to be edited”
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The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand is a philosophical novel that explores the life of an uncompromising architect, Howard Roark, and champions the ideals of individualism, artistic integrity, and rational self-interest.
Discussed“the sex scenes in Atlas Shrugged and Fountain Head what what do you make of them as a reader today”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so there's Rand there's Gone With the Wind but very little else comes to mind”