Preface

Debi Ghate and Richard E.Ralston

Acknowledgments

Introduction

John Allison

Part 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

Part 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

Alex Epstein and Yaron Brook

The Philosophy of Privation: Environmentalism Unveiled

Peter Schwartz

Energy Privation: The Environmentalist Campaign Against Energy

Keith Lockitch

Part 3: Doesn’t Business Require Compromise?

The Anatomy of Compromise

Ayn Rand

Why Should One Act on Principle?

Leonard Peikoff

Part 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

Modern Management

Ayn Rand

Part 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

Part 6: About the Contributors

About the Contributors

About the Ayn Rand Institute