What Jennifer Burns thinks about America

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Historian of ideas at Stanford University and the Hoover Institution, and the biographer of both Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand.

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1 dated position, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Jennifer Burns has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 19 Jan 2025

   Our readingAmericans and their elected representatives will not vote for a universal benefit, because they believe help must be morally earned and therefore targeted.

   Their wordsI think it's always going to be hard to pull off because I think Americans and their elected representatives don't want to provide a universal benefit. They want to provide a targeted benefit because they believe there's a moral component here.

   ↗Jennifer Burns: Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, Economics, Capitalism, Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #457youtube.com 11th of 20 in this recording