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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Three Myths about Ayn Rand
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Mike Mazza and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss and debunk as baseless three commonly heard myths about Ayn Rand: that she demonized the poor, that she uncritically praised the rich, and that she died penniless and hypocritically accepted Social Security at the end of her life.
Among the topics covered:
Why the claim that Rand hated the poor has no plausibility;
Rand’s focus on ambition and productive ability;
Why Rand didn’t praise being rich as such;
Rand’s praise for true wealth creation, including the creation of knowledge;
Why the claim that Ayn Rand d...