Has Capitalism Left Us Purposeless? Ayn Rand Answers

READ AYN RAND’S BOOK CAPITALISM: THE UNKNOWN IDEAL
to learn more about her radical defense of capitalism.

This was Ayn Rand’s answer to a question asked during a radio discussion of 19th-century capitalism.

Question: What do you make of the charge that although capitalism has led to great material prosperity, it has left men as purposeless “mass men,” concerned only with financial loyalties and self-aggrandizement?

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(00:00) - Intro
(00:03) - What do you make of the charge that although capitalism has led to great material prosperity, it has left men as purposeless “mass men,” concerned only with financial loyalties and self-aggrandizement?

Ayn Rand, “19th-Century Capitalism,” Columbia University, WKCR, 1964.


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