• • President Obama vs. My Grandfather 
Don Watkins, Forbes - The Objectivist Capitalism  |Don Watkins  |Harry Binswanger  |Individualism  |Objectivist author  | One of the greatest things about freedom is the extent to which we can profit from collaborating with other people. As Ayn Rand points out, “Men can derive enormous benefits from dealing with one another. . . . The two great values to be gained from social existence are: knowledge and trade.” But knowledge and trade are not gifts from the collective—let alone gifts that come with undefined strings attached. They come from the past and present achievements of other individuals.   Published: 2012-08-02