Barbara Branden

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07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Barbara Branden

It was October 1957, several days before the official publication date. That evening, I went with Ayn, Frank, and my husband, Nathaniel, to see if the book was displayed in the Random House window. It...

Atlas Shrugged at Fifty

12/22/2009 Mises Daily Barbara Branden

It seems there is a terrible price to be paid for genius.

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‘Atlas Shrugged’ at Fifty

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

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