Capitalism Unbound: The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights

by Andrew Bernstein

This book is a concise explanation of capitalism's moral and economic superiority to socialism, including America's current mixed-economy welfare state. This volume offers a focused, essentialized, and condensed argument ideal for the layman who admires capitalism but lacking a succinct, accessible explanation of its moral and economic virtues.

Genres: Philosophy, Economics, History, Nonfiction

148 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Andrew Bernstein is an American philosopher. He is a proponent of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, and the author of several books, both fiction and non-fiction.

Reviews

[Barry Linetsky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent short book that takes a look at the benefits of capitalism. There are too few books that make the moral argument for individual rights. That alone makes this book important and timely. Well done.

[Joe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very strident; the author is certainly convinced by, but not really very convincing in arguing for, his thesis. This really is unfortunate, because I looked forward to reading, and wanting to like, this book. I guess it's indicative of the whole Objectivist movement - does one use the terminology and stridency of Ayn Rand, or make one's self "Ayn Rand with a Human Face"? I'm a "human facer" myself, in the mold of Daniel Griswold's Mad About Trade.

[Garret Seinen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A tightly written condensed view by a man truly convinced of the importance economically and the moral correctness of capitalism as the only system to free human beings to be as great as their abilities can make them. Reading this book gave me the incentive to order His other book, "The Capitalist Manifesto".

[Rúnar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Makes the historical, economic, and moral case for laissez-faire capitalism in terse no-nonsense prose. Ties the abstract principle of individual rights to everyday reality through lots and lots of emotionally powerful concrete examples. Reserving the fifth star because I would have liked to see formal references to the bibliography throughout, and fewer copyediting errors.

[Kent · Rating 3 out of 5]

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