Capitalism

<b>In this series of essays Ayn Rand presents her stand on the persecution of big business the causes of war the default of conservatism and the evils of altruism.</b> <p/>The foundations of capitalism are being battered by a flood of altruism which is the cause of the modern world's collapse. This is the view of Ayn Rand a view so radically opposed to prevailing attitudes that it constitutes a major philosophic revolution. Here is a challenging new look at modern society by one of the most provocative intellectuals on the American scene. <p/> This edition includes two articles by Ayn Rand that did not appear in the hardcover edition: The Wreckage of the Consensus which presents the Objectivists' views on Vietnam and the draft; and Requiem for Man an answer to the Papal encyclical <i>Progresso Populorum.</i>