Ayn Rand

• Author(s): Mimi R. Gladstein,
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Pages: 176
• ISBN_10: 144114515X
  ISBN_13: 9781441145154
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Political Ideologies / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism , Political Science / General , Political Science / History & Theory ,

Description:... The novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was one of the most influential 20th century advocates of free market capitalism. Her work inspired Objectivism, a philosophical movement and former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan cited Rand as a formative intellectual influence. In this outstanding volume, Mimi Gladstein details Rand's belief in the moral supremacy of individualism over collectivism, highlighting her contribution to libertarian thought.