Ironically, I read this book at the same time that I was scratching the surface of Aristotelian philosophy on the good life; and to top it off, I was much absorbed into the works of Micheal Sandel ("Justice", and "What Money Can't Buy") and David Brooks ("The road to Character"). That made for a great internal debate on moral issues for me. Those issues appear to have a black-or-white answer to Ayn Rand but for me, they have a hundred shades of gray. Rand talks about humans as they are computer codes. She talks about the economy, as it's a software that compiles data and makes a definitive output. She leaves no room for evolution, neurobiology, and behavior. While reading this book, I couldn't help but ask myself: If Ayn Rand was alive today, what would have she thought of the 2008 economic collapse, the US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the election of Donald Trump.

My three stars go to the clarity of the ideas and the coherence of the writing, which makes this collection of essays an easily-digestible read. In no way, I support the overall message of this book nor its recipe for nations and individuals alike.

A collection of essays on laissez faire Capitalism as a way of political governance. It includes several texts by other authors such as Alan Greenspan about economics and some common misconceptions about what is Capitalism and how it works.

An important read for anyone interested in objectivism.

I learned that anytime there is a failure of capitalism it is usually caused by government interference.

remarkable