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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Celebrated Selfishness as a Virtue

The show's final season boldly declared that success requires putting yourself first and accepting the trade-offs.

Reason · Jun 2, 2023

Myth of US individualism and inequality

“Often we think that if we are not happy, it’s our problem, and we just have to show more grit"

Salon · Apr 12, 2023

Held Down by Our Bootstraps

Author Alissa Quart says the myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality.

Capital & Main · Apr 11, 2023

The Founding Mothers of Libertarianism

Freedom's Furies tells how three women offered their own unique defenses of individual liberty and how their disagreements anticipated the differences among libertarians and classical liberals today.

Reason · Feb 11, 2023

Top 10 books about freedom

Authors as radically different as Julia Donaldson, John Rawls and Ayn Rand can make us appreciate the value of freedom, and the terrible jeopardy of losing it

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022

The week in audio: Bugzy Malone’s Grandest Game; Origin Story; Operation Morning Light; The Feud – review

There’s lots to learn on this week’s best podcasts, from the meaning of Grand Theft Auto and Ayn Rand to the trouble with Christ Church College, Oxford

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2022

Balkinization Symposium on Andrew Koppelman's "Burning Down the House: How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted by Delusion and Greed"

Participants include Jonathan Adler, Richard Epstein, Christina Mulligan, and myself, among others.

Reason · Nov 16, 2022

What is Satanism? And where does social justice fit into this controversial religion?

Satanism is undergoing an identity crisis, caught between its individualist origins and a more justice-oriented contemporary incarnation. Are Satanists supposed to be radical social Darwinists? Or is there room in the religion for compassion?

ABC News · Nov 5, 2022

The tragic misbehaviour of big business

Are successful businesspeople more like heroes or villains? In fictional accounts, one can find plenty of examples of each, from Charles Dickens's miserly Ebenezer Scrooge to Ayn Rand's rugged individualist entrepreneur John Galt. In F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan represents privileged old money, with its ruthlessness and…

Bangkok Post · Oct 6, 2022

We Have a Printing Paper Problem

A new supply chain parable for our times

Reason · Jul 2, 2022