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Zizek was writing for JARS and readers interested in Rand. He intentionally did not make it so complicated as to drive away readers. He is a Rand admirer and he is one of the foremost thinkers in philosophy today. When he says something about someone, it is listened to. People pay attention. They hate...
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As a student, I often find myself arguing with socialists. I have organised many debates with socialists, and am holding conferences in Austrian economics. Doing everything I can with my knowledge, in order to persuade socialists to understand economics, capitalism and rights... I am still young however...
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After carefully reading Tara Smith's books (Viable Values and Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics), and Rasmussen's paper A Groundwork for Rights, I'm convinced Ayn Rand provided a solid grounding for libertarian ethics. The problem is that Objectivists usually cloak their meta-ethical arguments...
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Enjoy.
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Not sure if this has been posted before or not, but here is an interesting talk by Brian Doherty, the author of "Radicals for Capitalism:" http://fora.tv/2007/04/15/Radicals_for_Capitalism I've seen his book on the bookshelf, but never bought it simply because it was more money than I was...
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What do you think of it? Does it have any valuable content that the Mises Institute does not already address? I've heard that book sales of Atlas Shrugged have skyrocketed and the ARI is making big time dough.
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I'm just interested in knowing this since the two origins of libertarianism are just polar opposites. Natural rights justice theory and subjective theory of value had it's roots in the Catholic church. Ayn Rand also became a popular starting point in the 20th century.
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[quote user="Kenneth"] I've been reading articles and listening to podcasts in the mises institute website, LRC, and FreedomanRadio for two years now. I've read ''Economics in One Lesson'' and ''How and Economy Grows and Why it Doesn't''. I'm...
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I've been reading articles and listening to podcasts in the mises institute website, LRC, and FreedomanRadio for two years now. I've read ''Economics in One Lesson'' and ''How and Economy Grows and Why it Doesn't''. I'm wondering if I can derive any value...
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I wrote a review of Atlas Shrugged for Amazon . Also, if you'd like to discuss Ayn Rand's books in detail, I recommend the Ayn Rand Book Club forum .