1957 novel by Ayn Rand
The election of Barack Obama, with his immediate attention as president-elect going to his stimulus plan, boosted the sales of a particular book: Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. The Economist at the time…
Intellectuals who read Atlas Shrugged used to laugh at how preposterous it was. Nobody was as stupid as the bad guys, we all believed. In the last ten years, though,…
You might not expect a “Who Is John Galt?” sign at a Bernie Sanders rally. But Griffin Hammond of Bloomberg Politics found one. The same libertarian also displayed other fun…
I only mention this here because . . . Once upon a time, I was pressured to read Atlas Shrugged. I’d read all Ayn Rand’s nonfiction books – backward by…
Evergreen Packaging, that great local employer that created oodles of jobs back before the practice was deemed cool, that industrial giant that had to apply for corporate welfare to fund…
I know true-blue, classic-liberal free marketers are turned off by the lite treatment the Atlas Shrugged movies have given Ayn Rand’s novel. That said, I know of at least five…
Will a story once considered bad sci-fi by those who pretended to read it have more appeal as history? August 12, “Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who is John Galt” will…
The right-wing pundits last night and today have been talking about one of Ayn Rand’s craziest blatherings. Yes, I am a big Rand fan, but I, too, thought she was…
Caterpillar, that great recipient of corporate welfare, is getting rid of its third shift and laying off twenty part-time workers at its Franklin plant. Caterpillar was willing to create jobs…
Folks are talking about “Atlas Shrugged Part III,’ the movie. I generally hate hype, but these guys often have hysterical gimmicks. For instance, if you want to be part of…
Freedom Works also made the astute observation that the government is firing scientists for attempting to advance the truth. That is a big reason why my scientific brain is on…
The latest Bloomberg Businessweek devotes six pages to concierge medicine, a concept that treats health care like most other market-based services. Atlas MD isn’t a free clinic. It’s a concierge…