Demon Kagerou
I've heard it suggested that because Ayn Rand immigrated from a Soviet era country, that she saw capitalism more as a total system, the way communism was taught at the time.
This might sound weird, but her
Playboy interview answered some of my more basic questions. Her novels make you kind of try and find her philosophy as its buried in the narrative which can be a bit of a bugger. This is simple and really only scratches the surface, but that's what I think most people have the hardest time figuring out, to be honest.