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I've just been rereading Atlas Shrugged, which I do oddly enough about every 15 years, and I figured out one of the core problems with her doctrine; it might be the core problem.

Dr. Peterson shares his experience of rereading 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand, reflecting on his evolving understanding of the core issues in her philosophical ideas over the years.

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Rereading Atlas Shrugged four or five years ago ironically is what made me realize my own deficiencies in thought about the free market and a couple of other shibboleths of the right, which is to say that so many very thoughtful men and women who are devotees of Rand make the mistake that she's making, and they haven't thought through the consequences of that as it relates, for example, to regulatory capture.

Dr. Roberts reflects on his past rereading of 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand, noting that it allowed him to recognize his own shortcomings in understanding free market principles and the related complexities.

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It was the monks of Salaka in the 1200s who first came up with this concept and even Adam Smith himself, I think, would be very comfortable in this exchange that you and I are having about the lack of primacy of the free market as it relates to human goods.

Dr. Peterson discusses the philosophical contributions of Adam Smith in the context of economic principles, suggesting a connection to his well-known work, 'The Wealth of Nations.'

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