"Naomi Oreskes, author of "The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market" joins the program to discuss how "Little House on the Prairie," a beloved book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, was transformed into libertarian propaganda by her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, who was a libertarian journalist. J. Howard Pew, a prominent donor, and advocate of unregulated capitalism, was friends with Lane and influenced the stories to promote individual self-sufficiency and discredit the role of government."
How 'Little House On The Prairie' Beamed Libertarian Propaganda Into America's Homes