Rand's education was made possible by communists - both monetarily and also by fighting for the right of women to enter higher education. Always deliciously ironic to see.
This is an important point and should not be downvoted.
It's not possible to accurately argue "she would have received a better/more efficient education in a free market society" because that's a counterfactual.
In fact, it's probably more likely that she dedicated her whole life to overreacting against socialist economics in her writing preciselybecause she had been exposed to Stalinism/communism.
I'm having some difficulty understanding your statement:
>"It's not possible to accurately argue "she would have received a better/more efficient education in a free market society" because that's a counterfactual."
Do you mean to say that nobody can ever argue that a historical counterfactual might have been preferable? This would seem to be a rationalization of history, through a refusal to consider alternatives.
It's not possible to accurately argue "she would have received a better/more efficient education in a free market society" because that's a counterfactual.
In fact, it's probably more likely that she dedicated her whole life to overreacting against socialist economics in her writing precisely because she had been exposed to Stalinism/communism.