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Podcast audio:

In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer, Robertas Bakula, and Tristan de Liège explore how the mixed economy enables the unjust exploitation of society’s most productive individuals.

Among the topics covered:

Why, contrary to Marxist claims, businesspeople are the most exploited group in a mixed economy;

How antitrust laws enable the government and less successful companies to exploit successful companies;

How tariffs drive the material and spiritual exploitation of producers;

How farm subsidies reward stagnation at the taxpayers' expense;

How Atlas Shrugged dramatizes the exploitation of producers.

Recommended in this podcast are Ayn Rand’s books Atlas Shrugged and Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, and the recent podcast episode on “The Marxists’ Exploitation Myth.”

The podcast was recorded on May 5, 2025 and posted on May 7, 2025. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.