Free Market Revolution

Here is a look at how our current economic crises are caused by toomuch government-and how Ayn Rand's bold defense of free markets can help us changecourse.The rise of the Tea Party and the 2010 election results revealed that tens ofmillions of Americans are alarmed by big government but skeptical that anythingcan or will be done to stop the growth of the state. In Free MarketRevolution, thekeepers of Ayn Rand's legacy argue that the answer lies in Rand's pioneering philosophy of capitalism and self-interest-a philosophy that moreand more people are turning to for answers. In the past few years, Rand's workshave surged to new peaks of popularity, as politicians like Paul Ryan, mediafigures like John Stossel, and businessmen like John Mackey routinely name heras one of their chief influences. Here, Brook and Watkins explain how her ideascan solve a host of political and economic ills, including the debt crisis,inflation, overregulation, and the growing welfare state. And most importantly,they show how Rand's philosophy can enable defenders of the free market toseize the moral high ground in the fight to limit government. This is a fresh andurgent look at the ideas of one of the most controversial figures in modernhistory-ideas that may prove the only hope for the future.