'Atlas Shrugged' at Fifty

Tags: Biographies, Media and Culture

12/22/2009 Barbara Branden

I think of Ayn's happiness and expectation, I think of the pain and bitter disillusion that scarred the rest of her life — and something inside me twists in pain for her, and tears stand in my eyes, writes Barbara Branden.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Floy Lilley.

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