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Public Choice Theory and the Politics of Self-Interest with Stephen Hicks and Richard Salsman

Public Choice Theory and the Politics of Self-Interest with Stephen Hicks and Richard Salsman

Update: 2025-09-24
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Join Atlas Society Senior Scholars Stephen Hicks and Richard Salsman for a webinar exploring the intersection of “Public Choice” economics and Objectivism. Listen as the duo discuss how Public Choice theory challenges the idea of selfless government actors, and how Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged vividly dramatizes the consequences of political actors being driven by self-interest rather than the public good.

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Public Choice Theory and the Politics of Self-Interest with Stephen Hicks and Richard Salsman

Public Choice Theory and the Politics of Self-Interest with Stephen Hicks and Richard Salsman

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