Home / Library / Rand, Ayn Rand Rand, Ayn Rand 1905 - 1982 Russian-American writer and philosopher, founder of Objectivism, defender of rational egoism and laissez-faire capitalism Read more on Wikipedia Topics visibility Objectivism person Individual Rights psychology Rational Egoism swap_horiz Capitalism Books Atlas Shrugged (1957) The Virtue of Selfishness (1963) Photos Ayn Rand, 1943 Talbot · Public domain