Ayn Rand

Before Christopher Nolan’s "Oppenheimer," the world nearly got Ayn Rand’s "Tribute to Free Enterprise."

We owe at least part of the 2008 financial crisis to Ayn Rand's philosophy of objectivism.

In a new book, Lisa Duggan spotlights the Randian spirit of what she calls the “Neoliberal Theater of Cruelty.”

How market fundamentalists convinced Americans to loathe government.

The film “deliberately maligned the upper class,” according to a report that didn’t like the portrayal of Mr. Potter as a bad guy.

The impeachment exposed the need for Republican leaders to banish the extremists and bigots from their movement.

In the early twentieth century, architects turned to a newly discovered past to craft novel visions of the future: the ancient history of Mesopotamia.

Libertarianism, fascism, and democracy.

In the history of sexual dissent, the relationship between politics and sexual freedom defies simplistic categorization.

As a movement, it has imploded. As a credo, it’s here to stay.

The railroad company remains a site for Americans to grapple with key questions about the nature of American capitalism.

People in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is reconciliation possible?

In the 1940s, journalists fled traditional news outlets to write directly for subscribers. What happened next may be a warning.

The late historian and author of “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” misdiagnosed the fate of modern conservatism.

On the myths and rituals of the market, the lost radicalism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the rise of neoliberalism.

How two Jewish American political consultants helped create the world’s largest anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.

Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge’s strange elegy for capitalism.

Four nineteenth-century authors offered blueprints for a better world—but their progressive visions had a dark side.

Conservatives have used celebrity glitz effectively, too.

What is the greatest libertarian accomplishment of all time? The abolition of slavery.