“Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity, myself included, are in a state o...

Market failure: wildcat financing. After President Andrew Jackson succeeded in destroying the Bank of the United States (a great victory of...

Market failure: Greenspan’s testimony Alan Greenspan’s curious testimony before a House panel on Thursday brings forth a curious admission ...

"Human nature is probably too primitive at this time to accept Rand's ideas." - commenter Herbsewell

Here's an interesting quote from Brandon Byrd over at the ortho-Objectivist site Noodlefood. We'll have more to say about Brandon...

"This is about Ayn Rand winning, her ideas winning, so that the next centenary will include not an address by me, but by the president ...

The ARI's annual school essay contest about three of Ayn Rand's novels is, allegedly , "designed to promote critical thinking a...

Market failure: derivatives As is well known, Ayn Rand opposed any “interference” in the market by the government on moral grounds. Governm...

Government interference. In Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal , Ayn Rand wrote: If a detailed, factual study were made of all those instances i...

My original intention was to start a series of posts on Objectivism and politics. But the seriousness of the crisis in the credit and financ...

Eschatology. Eschatology is a part of theology or philosophy dealing with the ultimate destiny of humanity or end of the world. While Objec...

Heresy. Heresy is a concept generally related to religion. It refers to views that flout doctrinal orthodoxy. Such ideas are often consider...

History, Objectivism, and Sarah Palin. In the last week we have seen the meteoric rise of Alaska governor Sarah Palin within the GOP and am...

The force of logic Sometimes the most curious doctrines in Objectivism are not those that are explicitly formulated but rather those that a...

TV Tropes, the site dedicated to popular culture cliches, takes a hilarious look at the various cliches populating "Atlas Shrugged...

Kant contra Rand There appear to be many orthodox Objectivists still in denial about Kant’s influence on history. Despite never having read...

Who is this guy Mansel? Among academics, one of the most controversial aspects of orthodox Objectivism is its interpretation of modern phil...

Heterogeneity of human nature. Rand, as this blog has pointed out on countless occasions, rejected the traditional view of human nature. In...

W. G. Sumner contra Peikoff. The ideas of philosophy, claims Objectivism, determine the course of history. Very well. But where do these id...

The latest in our ever-popular series translating Objectivist jargon into ordinary usage: "Objective" = subjective The Objectivis...