Megan reconsiders Ayn Rand, flavor of the month:
Her philosophy does not work, at least if by work we mean generate a framework by which a person or society can order itself. But she was actually a really very gifted observer, and she had a quite subtle understanding of how all the interconnected elements of an industrial economy fit together. It's a pity she didn't quite get how human beings worked, especially herself.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/03/-atlas-raised-his-eyebrow/204916/
