Who is Ayn Rand? 04 Jun 2010 Charles Murray A review of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, by Jennifer Burns and Ayn Rand and the World She Made, by Anne C. Heller
Another round up of articles about or inspired by Rand
on Wednesday 18 November 2009 by Wendy McElroy
Heller's bio of Rand reviewed by Adam Kirsch in the New York Times entitled Still fueling fires.
The Mises Institute has reprinted the hilarious one-act parody of Rand and her circle -- Mozart Was A Red -- that was penned by Murray Rothbard, complete with a introduction by Jeff Tucker.
And, Ralph Raico, provides perspective on Rand in a post on LewRockwell.com. Excerpt: In a recent article on LRC, the author ascribes to Ayn Rand an epithet directed at Ludwig von Mises: "bastard." If anyone should take this as her basic attitude to Mises, it would be a very serious mistake. In the 1950s and 60s Ayn and, following her, the Randian group,strongly endorsed and promoted Mises in print and lectures. She must have introduced the great Austrian to thousands of new readers. In the few years I had personal contact with her, I never heard Ayn refer to Mises with anything but respect. Two recollections come to mind: once Barbara Branden, in her persona as a half-educated grand inquisitor, was attacking Mises for being a utilitarian. Ayn retorted, "Leave him alone. He's done enough." One time she attended the NYU seminar and sweet old Mises went off topic to comment on how important creative writing was for spreading our ideas. Then he said something like, "I mention this because we happen to have present a great creative novelist." Ayn looked around, all huge smiles and bursting with pride. It was so cute. The lady loved flattery, most especially from someone of the stature of Mises.
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