AYN RAND, TRUE 52 YEARS AGO, TRUE TODAY, RECOMMENDED BY ADAM SMITH & MILTON FRIEDMAN
FROM "ATLAS SHRUGGED" IS A BOOK ABOUT THE ENTREPRENEUR. THE BOOK BY AYN RAND IS A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME, IT WAS WRITTEN IN 1957 AND HAS GREAT APPLICATION TO THE EVENTS FOLDING IN WASHINGTON TODAY. AS THE WALL STREET JOURNAL INDICATES, "ONE MEMORABLE MOMENT COMES NEAR THE VERY END, WHEN THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN RENDERED COMATOSE BY ALL THE GREAT ECONOMIC MINDS IN WASHINGTON. FINALLY OUT OF DESPERATION, THE POLITICIANS COME TO THE HEROIC BUSINESSMAN JOHN GALT(WHO RESISTED THEIR ASSAULT ON CAPITALISM) AND BEG HIM TO HELP THEM GET THE ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK. THE DISCUSSION SOUNDS MUCH LIKE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TODAY:
GALT: "YOU WANT ME TO BE ECONOMIC DICTATOR?"
MR. THOMPSON:"YES"
"AND YOU'LL OBEY ANY ORDER I GIVE?"
"IMPLICITLY"
"THEN START BY ABOLISHING ALL INCOME TAXES."
"OH NO!" SCREAMED MR. THOMPSON, LEAPING TO HIS FEET. "WE COULDN'T DO THAT...HOW WOULD WE PAY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES?"
"FIRE YOUR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"
"OH, NO!" "
THE WSJ GOES ON "ABOLISHING THE INCOME TAX WOULD BE A REAL ECONOMIC STIMULOUS, BUT MR. OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO DO THE OPPOSITE, RAISE THE INCOME TAX. "
Atlas Shrugged
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| Atlas Shrugged | |
 First edition cover. | |
| Author | Ayn Rand |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Philosophical novel |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Publication date | 10 October 1957 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 1368 (depending on edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-394-41576-0 (hardback edition) |
Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States. It was Rand's fourth, longest, and last novel. Afterward, she completed only non-fiction works, concentrating on philosophy, politics, and cultural criticism.
At over one thousand pages in length, she considered Atlas Shrugged to be her magnum opus.[1] The book explores a number of philosophical themes that Rand would subsequently develop into the philosophy of Objectivism.[2][3] It centers on the decline of Western civilization, and Rand described it as demonstrating the theme of "the role of man's mind in existence." In doing so it expresses many facets of Rand's philosophy, such as the advocacy of reason, individualism, and the market economy.
As indicated by its original working title The Strike, the plot device is a general strike by elements of the intellectual and entrepreneurial class led by the protagonist John Galt
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