Ayn Rand: The Author People Love to Hate

Atlas Shrugged was published more than 60 years ago. The novel still sells 100,000 copies a year. ---- So you don’t miss the weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: ---- Ayn Rand is someone people love to hate. Years after her death, people still feel compelled to attack her ideas. A recent John Oliver segment said her philosophy, objectivism, “is just a nice way of saying ’being a selfish asshole.’“ Fortunately, not all people think that way. Many young people, discovering Rand for the first time, say that her ideas inspire them.