Jennifer Burns

No, I did have a friendly critic who took it upon himself to throw at me everything he thought the outside world would throw at me. I think maybe five or 10 years earlier, it wouldn't have been possible. But the most important thing I had to...

No, I did have a friendly critic who took it upon himself to throw at me everything he thought the outside world would throw at me. I think maybe five or 10 years earlier, it wouldn't have been possible. But the most important thing I had to...

And the person I really had to convince this was worth doing was myself, you know, because I knew it was an unconventional choice for the field and for a dissertation. But once I convinced myself, I just said, well, I'm going to do this and see. And because it was unconventional, it ended up standing out.

And the person I really had to convince this was worth doing was myself, you know, because I knew it was an unconventional choice for the field and for a dissertation. But once I convinced myself, I just said, well, I'm going to do this and see. And because it was unconventional, it ended up standing out.

And the person I really had to convince this was worth doing was myself, you know, because I knew it was an unconventional choice for the field and for a dissertation. But once I convinced myself, I just said, well, I'm going to do this and see. And because it was unconventional, it ended up standing out.

no matter where they stood on the political spectrum, felt like, objectively, we don't know enough about this, and this is a problem. And so they were open to learning more. So I really kind of caught that wave in scholarship and caught that wave in American culture where people wanted to know more.

no matter where they stood on the political spectrum, felt like, objectively, we don't know enough about this, and this is a problem. And so they were open to learning more. So I really kind of caught that wave in scholarship and caught that wave in American culture where people wanted to know more.

no matter where they stood on the political spectrum, felt like, objectively, we don't know enough about this, and this is a problem. And so they were open to learning more. So I really kind of caught that wave in scholarship and caught that wave in American culture where people wanted to know more.

Yes, I called her the gateway drug in that people start with Rand, they're taken by her. You know, in some ways, she takes... the worldview of Milton Friedman in terms of what capitalism can accomplish economically. And then she puts it in this mytho poetic register and she fictionalizes it.

Yes, I called her the gateway drug in that people start with Rand, they're taken by her. You know, in some ways, she takes... the worldview of Milton Friedman in terms of what capitalism can accomplish economically. And then she puts it in this mytho poetic register and she fictionalizes it.

Yes, I called her the gateway drug in that people start with Rand, they're taken by her. You know, in some ways, she takes... the worldview of Milton Friedman in terms of what capitalism can accomplish economically. And then she puts it in this mytho poetic register and she fictionalizes it.

So once people have absorbed that, they want more, you know, they go on to learning more of the ideas behind that vision or they have become true believers. They've converted. And so then they head off to work for a politician, to work for a think tank, to work for a party. It's an absolute traffic. No, not everyone. There's plenty of people who read on round who don't take the politics in.

So once people have absorbed that, they want more, you know, they go on to learning more of the ideas behind that vision or they have become true believers. They've converted. And so then they head off to work for a politician, to work for a think tank, to work for a party. It's an absolute traffic. No, not everyone. There's plenty of people who read on round who don't take the politics in.

So once people have absorbed that, they want more, you know, they go on to learning more of the ideas behind that vision or they have become true believers. They've converted. And so then they head off to work for a politician, to work for a think tank, to work for a party. It's an absolute traffic. No, not everyone. There's plenty of people who read on round who don't take the politics in.

It's a nice story. It's interesting. Just an episode in their life. But for others, it's really foundational. It really, really changes them. So those were the people I wanted to track very deliberately. I wasn't trying to do in the round everything about Ayn Rand. I was like Ayn Rand and the American right. You know, goddess of the market, Ayn Rand and the American right is the title.

It's a nice story. It's interesting. Just an episode in their life. But for others, it's really foundational. It really, really changes them. So those were the people I wanted to track very deliberately. I wasn't trying to do in the round everything about Ayn Rand. I was like Ayn Rand and the American right. You know, goddess of the market, Ayn Rand and the American right is the title.

It's a nice story. It's interesting. Just an episode in their life. But for others, it's really foundational. It really, really changes them. So those were the people I wanted to track very deliberately. I wasn't trying to do in the round everything about Ayn Rand. I was like Ayn Rand and the American right. You know, goddess of the market, Ayn Rand and the American right is the title.

So where did they take her, those who took her in this political direction? What difference did she make?

So where did they take her, those who took her in this political direction? What difference did she make?

So where did they take her, those who took her in this political direction? What difference did she make?