Redefining American Capitalism | Libertarianism and Ayn Rand

Free-market Capitalism was not always part of the American way of life. How did Libertarianism make its way into the political mainstream?

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Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed - Lisa Duggan (2019)

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand (1957)

The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan - Rick Perlstein (2014)

The Fountainhead (1949)

Atlas Shrugged Part I (2011)

Atlas Shrugged Part II (2012)

Atlas Shrugged Part III (2014)

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Video Credits -

The Speech Every 2015 College Grad Needs to Hear PragerU

Ayn Rand What Is Capitalism? (full course) Ayn Rand Institute

The Mike Wallace Interview with Ayn Rand Ayn Rand Institute

The ideal manAyn Rand interviewed by James Day Atlas Society

Ayn Rand on Donahue 1979

Ayn Rand Interviewed By Phil Donahue (1980)

Ayn Rand's Last Public LectureThe Sanction of the Victims Libertarianism.org

Photo Credits -

Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand" by Nathaniel Branden, 1989 p. 255-256

Photo 174907303 © Christian Bridgwater | Dreamstime.com

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