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Badhwar, Neera K. and Roderick T. Long, "Ayn Rand", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2023 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2023/entries/ayn-rand/>.
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	author       =	{Badhwar, Neera K. and Long, Roderick T.},
	title        =	{{Ayn Rand}},
	booktitle    =	{The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
	editor       =	{Edward N. Zalta and Uri Nodelman},
	howpublished =	{\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2023/entries/ayn-rand/}},
	year         =	{2023},
	edition      =	{{W}inter 2023},
	publisher    =	{Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}