On March 6, 1982, bestselling writer and philosopher Alice O’Connor—known mostly by her pen name, Ayn Rand—dies at age 77. Two days later, at the funeral home visitation, a floral arrangement shaped like a six-foot dollar sign stood next to her casket. It symbolized her passionate belief in a philosophy she called “Objectivism,” which espoused “rational selfishness,” unfettered …
