Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (965 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0009MZ7DY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 530 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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She published her first novel in 1936. AYN RAND (1905-1982) was born in Russia, graduated from the University of Leningrad, and came to the United States in 1926. With the publication of The Fountainhead in 1943, she achieved a spectacular and enduring success and her unique philosophy, objectivism, gained a worldwide following.
''One of the most revolutionary and powerful works on capitalism--and on politics--that has ever been published.'' --Professor Leonard Peikoff, Barron's magazine''One of the best defenses and explanations of capitalism one is likely to read.'' --Walter E. Williams, economist and syndicated columnist
For instance, the antitrust laws forced railroad barons to use illegal payoffs to forge ahead with expansion, and they shouldn't, therefore, be blamed the antitrust laws are the real problem. As an interesting relic of the past, this outlandish piece of propaganda is worth the listener's time, even though the author's overconfident sense of her own rightness and persistence at pressing her points with little respect for opposing views can quickly become more than a little annoying. Americans have seen many of the abuses come to pass that Rand, writing in 1946, claimed would never happen if free enterprise were just left to its own devices, so many of her arguments will be lost on a modern listener. This is the Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition in vinyl case. This collection of 26 essays constitutes a challenging look at modern society. Here is a challenging new look at modern society by one of the most provocative intellectuals on the American scene. The foundations of capitalism are being battered by a flood of altruism, which is the cause of the modern world's collapse. This edition includes two articles by Ayn Rand which did not appear in the hardcover edition: The Wreckage of the Consensus, which presents the Objectivists views on Vietnam and the draft; and Requiem for Man, an answer
but his book is better to understand the foundations of the system This is a 5 star book to understand the philosophy of Capitalism and the horrors of other systems. It does not endeavor to explain capitalism nor should it. I'm not sure Adam Smith felt the same way as Ayn Rand about "why" capitalism is so virtuous, but his book is better to understand the foundations of the system. Rand helps understand why . "Brilliant, but more could have been said about the self-regulating nature of free markets" according to Amazon Customer. The chapter What is Capitalism takes one back a bit, because it goes into the roots of why in any free or semi-free society, we must have property rights and individual rights to trade, i.e. capitalism. The chapter, The Roots of War is completely brilliant, and should be required reading in public schools IMO. More could have been said about . Discusses the rational and moral basis of capitalism Published 60 years ago this year, this book is still relevant not only because of Ayn Rand's deep insight, but despite all the social and technological changes the world has seen, much of the same machinery is in place.Ayn explains the flaws with critiques of capitalism and how they often aren't rational, why the 'capitalism' of today isn't t