• • • Burgin on Hayek, Friedman, and the Great Persuasion 
Russ Roberts, Library of Economics and Liberty - EconTalk Atheism  |Atlas Shrugged  |Capitalism  |Egoism  |Audio  | [Russ Roberts:] The whole issue of values and meaning I think remains the central question for those of us who favor liberty. And I think about that issue a great deal. I think about how it can be that people can list Ayn Rand as the second-most influential--her book, Atlas Shrugged--book they've read, in surveys, allegedly; so people say. And yet her ideas have so little impact, apparently, on people. It's a small group, of course, that hold her views. But her book is a particularly anti-religious, amoral, self-centered viewpoint. It's a fascinating book; it had a big impact on me. But most of the people I know who read it find it repugnant in many ways. Just for that reason. Not for the economics, but because it's self-centered.   Published: 2013-03-19