Andrew Bernstein is an American philosopher. He is a proponent of

Objectivism Objectivism is a philosophical system developed by Russian-American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand. She described it as "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievemen ...

, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, and the author of several books, both fiction and non-fiction.

Education and career

He is the author of ''The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic, and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire'', ''Capitalism Unbound: The Incontestable Case for Individual Rights'' and ''Objectivism in One Lesson'', as well as two novels, ''Heart of a Pagan'' and ''A Dearth of Eagles''. He also authored the

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for Ayn Rand's '' Atlas Shrugged'', ''

The Fountainhead ''The Fountainhead'' is a 1943 novel by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, her first major literary success. The novel's protagonist, Howard Roark, is an intransigent young architect, who battles against conventional standards and refuses to comp ...

'', and '' Anthem'', and has contributed essays to volumes such as ''Essays on Ayn Rand's Anthem'' and ''Essays on Ayn Rand's

We the Living ''We the Living'' is the debut novel of the Russian American novelist Ayn Rand. It is a story of life in post-revolutionary Russia and was Rand's first statement against communism. Rand observes in the foreword that ''We the Living'' was the cl ...

''. His op-eds have appeared in publications such as the ''

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'', ''The Los Angeles Daily News'', and the ''

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''. He has contributed a number of essays, op-eds, and reviews t
The Objective Standard
He is affiliated with the

Ayn Rand Institute The Ayn Rand Institute: The Center for the Advancement of Objectivism, commonly known as the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit think tank in Santa Ana, California, that promotes Objectivism, the philosophy developed by Ayn Rand ...

and the New York Heroes Society, an Ayn Rand advocacy organization, and is known for his public defense of Objectivism, particularly its support for ''

laissez-faire ''Laissez-faire'' ( ; from french: laissez faire , ) is an economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free from any form of economic interventionism (such as subsidies) deriving from special interest groups ...

capitalism Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, price system, priva ...

Bibliography

Non-fiction

* ''CliffsNotes on Rand's Atlas Shrugged'', 2000 * ''CliffsNotes on Rand's The Fountainhead'', 2000 * ''The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic, and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire'', 2005 * ''Objectivism in One Lesson: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ayn Rand'', 2008 * ''Capitalism Unbound: The Incontestable Case for Individual Rights'', 2010 * ''Capitalist Solutions: A Philosophy of American Moral Dilemmas'', 2011 *''Heroes, Legends, Champions: Why Heroism Matters,'' 2020

Fiction

* ''Heart of a Pagan: The Story of Swoop'', 2002 * ''A Dearth of Eagles'', 2017

References

External links

Official website

''The Bernstein Declaration: On the Principles and Possibilities of Capitalism''
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