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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''''The Capitalist Manifesto : The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire''''' is a book by [[Objectivist philosophy|Objectivist]] [[philosopher]] [[Andrew Bernstein]] published in [[2005]]. The Capitalist Manifesto defends capitalism as the world's most moral and practical social system. This book is "written for the rational mind, whether the reader is a professional intellectual or an intelligent layman. It makes the case for individual rights and freedom in terms intelligible to all rational men." Bernstein has written several other books, including [[Heart of a Pagan]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
The book's topics include:<br />
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Part One: History<br />
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*Chapter One: What is Capitalism?<br />
*Chapter Two: The Pre-Capitalist Political-Economic Systems<br />
*Chapter Three: The Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution<br />
*Chapter Four: The Industrial Revolution Brings Advance<br />
*Chapter Five: The Inventive Period<br />
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Part Two: Philosophy<br />
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*Chapter Six: The Nature of the Good<br />
*Chapter Seven: The Mind as Man’s Instrument of Survival<br />
*Chapter Eight: Capitalism as the Embodiment of Rational Philosophical Principles<br />
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Part Three: Polemics<br />
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*Chapter Nine: War and Imperialism<br />
*Chapter Ten: Slavery<br />
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Part Four: Economics<br />
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*Chapter Eleven: The Great Laboratory<br />
*Chapter Twelve: Capitalism as the Economic System of the Mind<br />
*Chapter Thirteen: Refuting the Economic Fallacies About Capitalism<br />
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==Quote==<br />
"The key to explaining capitalism's unparalleled economic success is dual: to show that it alone is the system that guarantees individual liberties, and to demonstrate that political liberty is an indispensable requirement of man's life on earth."<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://andrewbernstein.net/books/capman.htm Official site]<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{cite book | author=[[Andrew Bernstein]] | title=The Capitalist Manifesto : The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire | publisher=[[University Press of America]] | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0761832211 }}</div>GreedyCapitalist