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“A Nation’s Unity” ( ARL three issues starting November 9, 1972): Using examples from George McGovern’s presidential campaign, Rand explains why statism is the great destroyer of national unity whereas the principle of individual rights is the only source of genuine unity.

“The Moratorium on Brains” ( ARL two issues starting October 25, 1971): Rand examines the causes and consequences of President Nixon’s wage-price freeze.

“Account Overdrawn” ( TON July 1962): Rand explains the “grim justice” behind the stock market’s recent fall, attributing it to government bullying of industry.

“‘The National Interest, c’est moi’” ( TON June 1962): Rand analyzes President Kennedy’s intimidation of steelmakers who defied his decree that raising their prices would not be in the “national interest.” 4.

“Who Will Protect Us from Our Protectors?” ( TON May 1962): Rand points to the dangers of statism and nonobjective law as exemplified by the legislators and bureaucrats pushing for “consumer protection” laws.

On the advance of statism and the “mixed economy”Įight other articles chronicle the march of statism by dissecting the effects of other economic regulations and transfer programs resulting from a mixed economy, including “consumer protection” laws, wage and price controls, energy regulations and hunger programs. Men” (April 22, 1974): The intellectual emptiness of conservativism is revealed, Rand argues, by a conservative economist’s attack on freedom of the press. Goods” ( ARL February 25, 1974) and “Ideas v.

“Thought Control” ( ARL three issues starting September 24, 1973): Rand discusses the dangerous consequences of Supreme Court decisions allowing censorship based on “community standards.”.“Vast Quicksands” ( TON July 1963): Rand analyzes a proposal to replace the Federal Communications Commission with a single “czar” empowered to decide what should be broadcast over airwaves in the “public interest.”.“‘Have Gun, Will Nudge’” ( TON March 1962): Rand examines the ideas and methods that allow bureaucrats from the Federal Communications Commission to violate freedom of speech in a mixed economy.

“Choose Your Issues” ( TON January 1962): Broadcast regulations and antitrust law, Rand argues, are the most important current political issues because they involve “the fundamental principles of our culture” - intellectual freedom and economic freedom.Six articles reflect Rand’s sustained interest in protecting the right of free speech against threats from the Federal Communications Commission, antitrust laws, the Supreme Court, and conservative thinkers.

Ayn Rand on cultural trends and politicsĪ wealth of non-anthologized writing by Rand herself is available, including nineteen full-length articles dealing with politics and cultural trends. Highlights are arranged topically rather than chronologically, with a brief indication of the source periodical (using initials: TON, TO and ARL) and date of publication. This article highlights some of the valuable content that’s accessible by purchasing physical bound volumes of those periodicals - not only the gems from Rand’s own hand but also the enlightening materials by other authors she handpicked and editorially supervised. Reading them permits a deeper appreciation of Rand’s unique philosophic mind, her penetrating insights on unfolding cultural trends, and her wide-ranging intellectual curiosity. 1 Most of those articles were published first in one of her three periodicals: the Objectivist Newsletter (1962–65), The Objectivist (1966–71) and the Ayn Rand Letter (1971–76).īut beyond the intellectual riches in those seven published anthologies are many forgotten treasures in the pages of her periodicals. Over the next twenty-five years, she generated articles that would fill all or part of seven nonfiction books. After publishing Atlas Shrugged in 1957, Ayn Rand turned her focus to writing nonfiction.

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