At the link below, Don Watkins of the blog, Laissez-Faire, describes Rachel Maddow’s misrepresentation of Ayn Rand’s philosophy. Anyone who actually reads Atlas Shrugged should be able to tell that Maddow’s statement is a misrepresentation. Yet this seems to be a rather common falsehood passed around by Rand’s detractors.
Rachel Maddow Fails “Ayn Rand 101”
Here is a YouTube video of her misrepresentation: Maddow Misrepresents Rand @ 8:30
Below are links to Yaron Brook’s explanation of how the US housing bubble and financial crisis happened. Yaron Brook has an MBA, a Ph.D. in Finance, and was a professor of finance at a university.
Here is a short video on what caused the crisis:
Here is an audio course that goes through the details of what happened and why:
The Financial Crisis: What Happened and Why
Ayn Rand’s essay: What is Capitalism? (YouTube audio)
Capitalism at The Ayn Rand Lexicon.
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