num_pages: 272
description: A look at how our current crises are caused by too much government and how Ayn Rand's bold defense of free markets can help us change course.The rise of the Tea Party and the 2010 election results revealed that tens of millions of Americans are alarmed by Big Government but skeptical that anything can or will be done to stop the growth of the state. In Free Market Revolution the keepers of Ayn Rand's legacy argue that the answer lies in her pioneering philosophy of capitalism and self-interest a philosophy that more and more people are turning to for answers. In the past few years Rand's works have surged to new peaks of popularity as politicians like Paul Ryan media figures like John Stossel and businessmen like John Mackey routinely name her as one of their chief influences. Here Brook and Watkins explain how her ideas can solve a host of political and economic ills including the debt crisis inflation overregulation and the swelling welfare state. And most important they show how Rand's philosophy can enable defenders of the free market to sieze the moral high ground in the fight to limit government. This is a fresh and urgent look at the ideas of one of the most controversial figures in modern history  ideas that may prove the only hope for the future.
language: English
title: Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government
publisher: St. Martin's Press