Letters of Ayn Rand.
| Publisher | Reason Foundation |
| Publication | Reason |
| Subject | Humanities |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0048-6906 |
| Issues per Year | 11 |
| Volume | v27 |
| Issue | n6 |
| Published | 1995-11-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Reviewee | n/a | Michael S. Berliner |
| Reviewee | n/a | Ayn Rand |
| Author | n/a | Chris Matthew Sciabarra |
Edited by Michael S. Berliner, New York: Penguin Dutton, 1995, 681 pages, $34.95
On November 7, 1943, Ayn Rand issued a prophetic warning to Ruth Alexander, a prominent conservative writer and lecturer: "God save capitalism from capitalism's defenders! Nobody can defeat us now--except the Republicans." For Rand, the Republican Party had exhibited an awful penchant can political compromise: It had never seriously challenged the "collectivist premises" of the New Deal, nor had it fundamentally opposed the country's march toward statism. Ultimately, Rand thought, the GOP merely...
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