Index

academics, 152–153

activists, 152

Adams, John, 14

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), 93

affirmative action programs, 149–150

Alger, Horatio, 3, 9, 15, 16, 20–23

Allison, John, 20

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), 68, 82, 87, 108, 143–144

anti-discrimination laws, 149–150

anti-government narrative

essence/implications of, 4

“job creators” frame, 6–8, 21–22

“punishing success” rhetoric, 6, 8, 18, 23, 151–152

self-made myth fueling, 6–8, 22–24, 135–136

aristocracy, 14–15, 76, 140–141

Arora, Nikhil, 105–109, 131, 144

ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency), 93

ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), 68, 82, 87, 108, 143–144

Atlas Shrugged (Rand), 3, 19–21, 153

Back to the Roots, 105–109, 131

Baker, Dean, 146

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