The good part of the book is Rand's criticisms of the left. What she offers as an alternative is where she comes up short.
"The good part of the book is Rand's criticisms of the left"
No, she treats the left and the right, as we know them, with equal disdain. Her main thrust in the book was about the evils of communism. What torques most conservatives about her work, is she went after the mystics, those who preach the word... the Jim Jones', the Tammy Fayes, and Jim Bakers.
Of course we all know Jim Jones was a good guy except for that little koolaid incident, and the Bakers were pretty good people if you over look a little corruption.
The other thing that seems to hit home is the laws issue, that there is no gain in ruling honest men, that the government must pass enough laws to make most of the population criminal in order to extort money from them.
"What she offers as an alternative is where she comes up short."
And just what does she offer as an alternative?
I still say YOU have not read this book.
Lurker