Why Businessmen Need Philosophy and O..., Ayn Rand and others
Why Businessmen Need Philosophy and O..., Ayn Rand and others
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Why Businessmen Need Philosophy and Other Essays

Author: Ayn Rand and others

Narrator: Susan O'Malley

Unabridged: 4 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/03/2008


Synopsis

Ideas are the greatest and most crucially practical power on earth, wrote Ayn Rand. In the title essay of this collection, Leonard Peikoff applies this principle to the world of business. He shows that certain philosophic ideas, such as reason, egoism, and individualism, are needed to defend and protect the freedom of businessmen, while the opposite ideas, such as mysticism, altruism, and collectivism (which dominate our universities), destroy that freedom. Other essays in this volume will help businessmen understand the crucial role of philosophy in free trade, free markets, health care, and business ethics.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve on February 10, 2016

This was a better book, and I agree with its laissez fare capitalism, but I disagree with the anti-faith stand. I agree that its hard to add a morality into capitalism, but there isn't anything wrong with having a personal moral guiding principle. One does not do what is right because true capitalis......more

Goodreads review by Ozkan on April 06, 2024

Digerkamlik (alturizm) karsiti. Tavsiye ediyorum…eger diktatorlukten kacan her 100 gocmen icin bizi dolardan korkmaya ve silaha saygi duymaya zorlayan bir entellektueli degis tokus edebilseydik dunya daha ozgur ve adaletli bir yer olurdu:)......more

Goodreads review by Ilyn on September 03, 2008

[I bought it two years ago, but then, I started to write Reason Reigns.] Superb!......more

Goodreads review by Tim on October 14, 2015

Be not fooled: read this in terms of essentials to realize that the "Why" applies to [fill in the blank]--and this is the more fundamental point implicitly running throughout the selections from various authors. In principle, human beings qua human must have philosophy, in that we require guidance fo......more

Goodreads review by Evan on January 02, 2016

Great book that offered me a perspective on objectivism as applied to entrepreneurship that I hadn't considered.......more