The problem is that the revolutionary left has disappeared from conversations, while the revolutionary right has been accepted as mainstream, which makes all the non-anarchists appear to be left-wing even if they are Milton Friedman.
The Reagan era is popular because of the end of the Cold War, which rather reduced everyday fear, and economic policies that resulted in sustained strong real per capita income growth with low inflation. The actual numbers for annual real per capita income growth are 2.14% in the 1970s (plus high inflation), 2.30% in the 1980s, 2.17% in the 1990s, and a miserable 0.69% since 2000. Source:
Milton Friedman considered himself a libertarian. He and Nozick will give you a better handle on actual libertarian views than Rand. Not all libertarians believe in ignoring reality, though the "newly converted" often do. This may be true of Communism as well.
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www.ers.usda.gov/data/macroeconomics/Data/HistoricalRealPerCapitaIncomeValues.xls
Milton Friedman considered himself a libertarian. He and Nozick will give you a better handle on actual libertarian views than Rand. Not all libertarians believe in ignoring reality, though the "newly converted" often do. This may be true of Communism as well.
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