IR, you're right about the similarity of Rand/Hayek/Friedman. Rand, being, well, a brash loudmouth, kind of lost credibility real fast. For her, laissez-faire capitalism took on a kind of messianic fervor that was more than a little disturbing. And I'm virtually certain that you, too, will find much, much more to like about Hayek. He was just a fascinating thinker.
No offense intended. As I said when I jumped into this latest fray, I mean this stuff in the best possible way. (No, I'm not being facetious.) I used to teach as a grad student, and I know first-hand that nuance comes with age -- something I see in retrospect in myself, and saw at the time in my just slightly younger than me college students.
As a middle aged fogey, I'm glad to see representatives of the next generation care about things such as political theory.
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