In this collection of essays, Ayn Rand and her associates Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, and Robert Hessen explain why capitalism is not only the most effective economic system but also the only moral one. They discuss the general attitude towards entrepreneurs and private enterprises, the causes of wars, the failures of conservatives, and the dark sides of altruism. They demonstrate that altruistic arguments repeatedly serve merely as a pretext to undermine the foundations of capitalism. In doing so, they not only challenge the prevailing zeitgeist but also offer pathways out of the current philosophical decay.