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Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal Study Guide

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by Ayn Rand
About 59 pages (17,542 words)
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Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal Study Guide consists of approx. 58 pages of summaries and analysis on Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand. Browse the literature study guide below:

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Rand begins this selection by discussing the disintegration of philosophy. The disintegration begins in the nineteenth century and leads to a collapse in the twentieth century. Science, according to Rand, is collapsing. Scientists who cannot interpret their own data are leading to the renewal of a period of primitive mysticism. To Rand this is evident in psychology and political economy. Psychologists do not consider man conscious when they study his behavior. In political economy, the experts do not pay any attention to man when they study social systems. (read more)
      What is Capitalism?
      The Roots of War
      America's Persecuted Minority: Big Business
      Antitrust
      Common Fallacies About Capitalism
      Gold and Economic Freedom
      Notes on the History of American Free Enterprise
      The Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Women and Children
      The Assault on Integrity
      The Property Status of Airwaves
      Patents and Copyrights
      Theory and Practice
      Let Us Alone!
      The Anatomy of Compromise
      Is Atlas Shrugging?
      The Pull Peddlers
      Extremism, or the Art of Smearing
      The Obliteration of Capitalism
      Conservatism: An Obituary
      The New Fascism: Rule by Consensus
      The Wreckage of the Consensus
      The Cashing-In: The Student
      Alienation
      Requiem for Man

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