#457 – Jennifer Burns: Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, Economics, Capitalism, Freedom

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You study and write about history of ideas in the United States over the past hundred years, hundred plus years. Well, how do you think ideas evolve and gain power over the populace, over our government, over culture? Just looking at evolution of ideas as they dance and challenge each other and play in public discourse. What do you think is the mechanism by which they take hold and have influence?