America’s abundance was not created by public sacrifices to “the common good,” but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.

read the quotation by ayn rand.

both adam smith and ayn rand would agree that

individuals and businesses want what benefits them the most.
society benefits when people want what is best for everyone.
individuals become wealthy because of actions by the government.
society benefits when individuals agree to sacrifice to others.

Both Adam Smith and Ayn Rand would agree that: individuals and businesses want what benefits them the most.

Both Adam Smith and Ayn Rand are major supporters for the free market system. They believe that when individuals given enough freedom, their would pursue things that are alligned with their interests and skills, and great products would most likely born because of this kind of passion.

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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