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Ayn Rand wrote and lectured on economic concepts and topics. This volume addresses the economic and business aspects of her writings. The authors of this anthology are from a variety of fields and all of them are enthusiastic supporters of her ideas.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Ayn Rand's Economic Thought, Samuel Bostaph
Chapter 2: An Analysis of Externalities from an Objectivist Perspective, Brian P. Simpson
Chapter 3: Teaching Economics Through Ayn Rand, Peter Boettke
Chapter 4: Cultivating the Economic Imagination with Atlas Shrugged, Emily Chamlee-Wright
Chapter 5: Inclusion of Atlas Shrugged in Economics Classes, Calvin Kent and Paul Hamilton
Chapter 6: Economics in Atlas Shrugged, Richard Salsman
Chapter 7: Economics in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Edward W. Younkins
Chapter 8: Atlas Shrugged and Public Choice: The Obvious Parallels, Bryan Caplan
Chapter 9: Francisco d' Anconia on Money: A Socio-Economic Analysis, Steven Horwitz
Chapter 10: Business in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Edward W. Younkins
Chapter 11: The Traits of Business Heroes in Atlas Shrugged, Edwin Locke
Chapter 12: Objectivist Epistemology as the Foundation of Marketing Theory, Jerry Kirkpatrick
Chapter 13: Ayn Rand and Contemporary Business Ethics, Stephen R. C. Hicks
Chapter 14: Identity
About the author
Edward W. Younkins is Professor of Accountancy and Business at Wheeling University, Executive Director of its Institute for the Study of Capitalism and Mortality, and the founder of the university’s undergraduate major in Political and Economic Philosophy.
He is also the founding director of the school’s Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Accountancy (MSA) programs. He earned in Ph.D. in Accountancy from the University of Mississippi and earned state and national hours on the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) exams, respectively. Dr. Younkins also received the Outstanding Educator Award for 1997 from the West Virginia Society of CPAs.
He is on the editorial board of Reason Papers and Libertarian Papers, the advisory board of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (JARS), the board of trustees of The Savvy Street, and is series editor of Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics for Lexington Books. The author of numerous articles in accounting and business journals, he has also published in many free-market-oriented journals.
He has authored or edited a dozen books including his trilogy of books on freedom and flourishing: Capitalism and Commerce, Champions of a Free Society, and Flourishing and Happiness in a Free Society.
Edward W. Younkins is Professor of Accountancy and Business at Wheeling University, Executive Director of its Institute for the Study of Capitalism and Mortality, and the founder of the university’s undergraduate major in Political and Economic Philosophy.
He is also the founding director of the school’s Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Accountancy (MSA) programs. He earned in Ph.D. in Accountancy from the University of Mississippi and earned state and national hours on the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) exams, respectively. Dr. Younkins also received the Outstanding Educator Award for 1997 from the West Virginia Society of CPAs.
He is on the editorial board of Reason Papers and Libertarian Papers, the advisory board of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (JARS), the board of trustees of The Savvy Street, and is series editor of Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics for Lexington Books. The author of numerous articles in accounting and business journals, he has also published in many free-market-oriented journals.
He has authored or edited a dozen books including his trilogy of books on freedom and flourishing: Capitalism and Commerce, Champions of a Free Society, and Flourishing and Happiness in a Free Society.
Summary
Ayn Rand wrote and lectured on economic concepts and topics. This volume addresses the economic and business aspects of her writings. The authors of this anthology are from a variety of fields and all of them are enthusiastic supporters of her ideas.
