Why businessmen need philosophy : the capitalist's guide to the ideas behind Ayn Rand's Atlas shrugged / edited by Debi Ghate and Richard E. Ralston
- Published
- New York : New American Library, [2011]
- Copyright Date
- ©2011
- Edition
- Rev. and expanded ed.
- Physical Description
- xii, 316 pages ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators
- Ghate, Debi and Ralston, Richard E.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Do Businessmen Really Need Philosophy? -- Why Businessmen Need Philosophy / Leonard Peikoff -- Philosophy: The Ultimate CEO / Harry Binswanger -- "Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think." / Ayn Rand -- The Businessmen's Crucial Role: Material Men of the Mind / Debi Ghate -- The Money-Making Personality / Ayn Rand -- pt. 2 Why Is Business "Public Enemy #1"? -- America's Persecuted Minority: Big Business / Ayn Rand -- The Philosophical Origins of Antitrust / John B. Ridpath -- The Morality of Moneylending: A Short History / Yaron Brook -- Why Conservatives Can't Stop the Growth of the State / Yaron Brook -- The Philosophy of Privation: Environmentalism Unveiled / Peter Schwartz -- Energy Privation: The Environmentalist Campaign Against Energy / Keith Lockitch -- pt. 3 Doesn't Business Require Compromise? -- The Anatomy of Compromise / Ayn Rand -- Why Should One Act On Principle? / Leonard Peikoff -- pt. 4 A Defense for Businessmen -- Atlas Shrugged: America's Second Declaration of Independence / Onkar Ghate -- The Dollar and the Gun / Harry Binswanger -- An Answer for Businessmen / Ayn Rand -- "You're guilty of a great sin, Mr. Rearden." / Ayn Rand -- The Sanction of the Victims / Ayn Rand -- "I work for nothing but my own profit." / Ayn Rand -- Afterword -- Modem Management / Ayn Rand -- pt. 5 Additional Resources -- About Ayn Rand -- About Atlas Shrugged -- Ayn Rand's Philosophy: Objectivism -- The Morality of Capitalism -- Ayn Rand's Fiction -- Ayn Rand's Nonfiction -- pt. 6 About the Contributors -- About the Contributors.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780451232694
0451232690 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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