Why Businessmen Need Philosophy The Capitalist's Guide to the Ideas Behind Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged

Name: Why Businessmen Need Philosophy The Capitalist's Guide to the Ideas Behind Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
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ISBN: 9780451232694

ISBN-10: 0451232690

ISBN-13: 9780451232694

Edition: 2011

Authors: Debi Ghate, Richard E. Ralston, John Allison

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The intellectual tooks every business person needs in the boardroom. Includes two rare essays by Ayn Rand! With government and the media blaming big business for the world economic crisis, capitalism needs all the help it can get. It's the perfect time for this collection of essays presenting a philosophical defense of capitalism by Ayn Rand and other Objectivist intellectuals. Essential and practical, Why Businessmen Need Philosophyreveals the importance of maintaining philosophical principles in the corporate environment at all levels of business from daily operations to executive decisions, and provides the tactical and tactful rational thinking required to defend companies from…

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List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/5/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.90" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.726

John Allison is a former Steiner-Waldorf teacher and now works in management consultancy. He is an established poet with three published collections. Born in New Zealand, he lives outside Melbourne.



Preface



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Do Businessmen Really Need Philosophy?


Why Businessmen Need Philosophy



Philosophy: The Ultimate CEO



"Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think."



The Businessmen's Crucial Role: Material Men of the Mind



The Money-Making Personality




Why Is Business "Public Enemy #1"?


America's Persecuted Minority: Big Business



The Philosophical Origins of Antitrust



The Morality of Moneylending: A Short History



Why Conservatives Can't Stop the Growth of the State



The Philosophy of Privation: Environmentalism Unveiled



Energy Privation: The Environmentalist Campaign Against Energy




Doesn't Business Require Compromise?


The Anatomy of Compromise



Why Should One Act On Principle?




A Defense for Businessmen


Atlas Shrugged: America's Second Declaration of Independence



The Dollar and the Gun



An Answer for Businessmen



"You're guilty of a great sin, Mr. Rearden."



The Sanction of the Victims



"I work for nothing but my own profit."



Afterword


Modern Management




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



About the Contributors


About the Contributors


About the Ayn Rand Institute