More than four decades after her death, the author of the popular novels Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead is still one of the most divisive public intellectuals.
On one hand, her position of defending rational selfishness and attack on altruism (sacrifice of personal values for the good of others) puts her at odds with the modern understanding of corporate social responsibility and the commitment of a lot of founders to create value for all public stakeholders, rather than focusing narrowly on the shareholders of the company, embodied in the growing popularity of the benefit corp.
On the other, her focus on rationality, self-sufficiency, and the pursuit