Book · recommended on 2 episodes
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
Ayn Rand
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Ayn Rand
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This book by Ayn Rand has come up 2 times on Lex Fridman. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Yaron Brook, guest. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-11-13 and the most recent from 2021-04-10. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“the book that really mattered for me was capitalism the unknown ideal the notion that wealth creates opportunity and good lives”— guest
The guest here is Tyler Cowen: Economist at George Mason University, co-creator of the Marginal Revolution blog, and author of books including Big Business, The Great Stagnation, and Average Is Over. He hosts the Conversations with Tyler podcast and is known as a polymath with deep interests in art and food. Economist Tyler Cowen riffs with Lex Fridman on growth, weirdos, capitalism, crypto, art, food, and why being strange fuels innovation.
“I particularly recommend books like the virtue of selfishness capitalism the unknown ideal and philosophy who needs it”— Yaron Brook
The guest here is Yaron Brook: Chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute, host of The Yaron Brook Show, and one of the world's best-known objectivist thinkers. He co-authored Free Market Revolution and Equal Is Unfair. Objectivist philosopher Yaron Brook makes the full case for Ayn Rand's reason, rational selfishness, and unbridled capitalism.
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