Includes bibliographical references and index.

The problem -- The incredible unshrinking government -- Why government grows ; With friends like these ... -- The 2008 housing meltdown: a crisis that government built -- The solution -- Rethinking selfishness -- The morality of success -- The business of business -- The nobility of the profit motive -- Selfishness unleashed -- The dynamism of the market -- The regulatory state and its victims -- The immoral entitlement state -- You are not your brother's health care provider ; Stopping the growth of the state.

Free Market Revolution argues that the answer to our current economic woes lies not in "trickle-down government" but in Ayn Rand's philosophy of capitalism and self-interest. The authors apply Rand's ideas to today's political events addressing key issues including the debt crisis, inflation, regulation, and the welfare state.