Andrew Bernstein is an American

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. He is a proponent of

Objectivism Objectivism is a philosophical system named and 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 a ...

, the philosophy of

Ayn Rand Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; , 1905March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (), was a Russian-born American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system which s ...

, 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

CliffsNotes CliffsNotes are a series of student study guides. The guides present and create literary and other works in pamphlet form or online. Detractors of the study guides claim they let students bypass reading the assigned literature. The company clai ...

for Ayn Rand's ''

Atlas Shrugged ''Atlas Shrugged'' is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. It is her longest novel, the fourth and final one published during her lifetime, and the one she considered her ''magnum opus'' in the realm of fiction writing. She described the theme of ''Atlas ...

'', ''

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 com ...

'', and ''

Anthem An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to sho ...

'', 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 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, post-revolutionary Russia and was Rand's first statement against communism. Rand observes in t ...

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

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The Atlanta Constitution ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' (''AJC'') is an American daily newspaper based in metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of the merge ...

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The Washington Times ''The Washington Times'' is an American Conservatism, conservative daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It covers general interest topics with an emphasis on Politics of the United States, national politics. Its broadsheet daily edit ...

'', ''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 Ran ...

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

laissez-faire ''Laissez-faire'' ( , from , ) is a type of economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free from any form of economic interventionism (such as subsidies or regulations). As a system of thought, ''laissez-faire'' ...

capitalism Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their use for the purpose of obtaining profit. This socioeconomic system has developed historically through several stages and is defined by ...

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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