I've read some of Ayn Rand, now facing the embarassment of an attempted resurrection. A very brief summary of her works is a much happier experience than actually reading her rambling fictions and essays. She's actually a better philosopher than novelist--but, unfortunately, she's a third rate philosopher. I would like, at least, to credit the woman with good intentions, yet she thwarts even this charity: in particular, she opposed philanthropy both public and private. Her atheism also keeps her out of the mainstream rightwing tradition. Though, as a quasi-libertarian, I agree with her on many essential matters, she is not one of those I am pleased to consider an ally or an equal.
Greenspan is one of her most famous devotees. And his (rather large) share in the responsibility for the financial disaster follows in a direct line from his superficial Rand-induced ideology.
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