Charlie-
Your argument against laissez-faire capitalism doesn’t work. Your “prove” your case by showing that Ayn Rand’s beliefs conflicted with the Torah. Is that all it takes? Just show that anyone who’s ever believed in laissez-faire capitalism disagrees with the Torah and voila you’ve disproved it? Come on, you know better than that. If you want to make your case you have to show how a certain policy is against the Torah, not a person. And the fact that you picked Ayn Rand, who was a philosopher and and not an economist, further shows how disingenuous you’re being. Why not pick Hayek or Friedman if you’re gonna go with the attack-the-messenger approach?