Did you all know that Alan Greenspan and Ayn Rand were good friends, back in both their early NYC days. I just find that fact interested, thought I would throw it out there.
And she excommunicated him over a disagreement concerning monetary policy.
Ayn Rand eventually excommunicated those who disagreed with her on one thing or another. She was left with a clutch of toadying disciples who hung on her every word.
In the end, Rand turned out to be little better than one of the "mystics of mind" whom she claimed to despise.