• • Jack Lew, John Galt, and American universities 
Jonathan Zimmerman, Christian Science Monitor Altruism  |Atlas Shrugged  |Egoism  | The great irony of the elite American university is that it’s populated mostly by liberal do-gooders, many of whom behave like conservative self-maximizers. In our academic writings and political pronouncements, many of us decry the fraying of community and the each-man-for-himself ethos of modern America. But when it comes to feathering our nests, too many of us act more like characters in an Ayn Rand novel.   Published: 2013-02-28