The Ayn Rand Lexicon brings together for the first time all the key ideas of her philosophy of Objectivism, organised alphabetically by topic. Through excerpts culled from Ayn Rand's many articles, lectures, and books, this work presents the Objectivist view on some 400 topics in philosophy, politics, art, economics, and psychology. The Lexicon thus serves as a mini-encyclopedia of Objectivism, complete with a conceptual index and extensive cross-references. The Lexicon is both an intriguing introduction for the newcomer and a comprehensive sourcebook for readers already familiar with Objectivist ideas. Begun under Ayn Rand's personal supervision, this unique volume is an invaluable guide to her philosophy of reason, self-interest, and laissez-faire capitalism - the philosophy so brilliantly dramatised in her novels The Fountainhead, We the Living, and Atlas Shrugged.