Some Thoughts on “Going Galt”
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Here’s a piece by the Ayn Rand institute on the conservatives’ attempt to hijack Atlas Shrugged: Is it time to “go Galt”? No: A lot of people are asking that question, which is inspired by Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged. (Ayn Rand didn’t originate the phrase, however. As best I can tell, it was originated [...]
More Positive Ayn Rand Coverage from the Non-Objectivist Press
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009I’m very impressed lately with the amount of very positive press on Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged, not always from the obvious places: Peter Foster: Atlas shrugs, leftists rage: Alan Greenspan was indeed once part of Ayn Rand’s circle, but Rand would have seen his monetary policy as not just flawed, but immoral Novelist Ayn [...]
Nice Little Video on Atlas Shrugged and the Tea Party Revolts
Monday, April 6th, 2009Newspaper Calls Obama’s Economic Plan What It Is: Fascism
Sunday, April 5th, 2009This is a remarkable editorial for its clarity: First the banks, now the automakers: Skipping right to the end: It appears the president and his men have entirely lost track of — if they ever really grasped — the fact that in America, major industries are not run by the government, and for good reason. [...]
Tiger Woods Reads Atlas Shrugged
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009This awesome: Why Tiger Woods is the Opposite of Hope: Here’s the thing: He planned it. The win, the baby, the half year off. Probably in that order, too. And I don’t mean that he was gambling on the knee holding up and then won, or that he underestimated the pain and then won anyway. [...]
Atlas Shrugged #1 Amazon Seller in Literature and Fiction
Sunday, March 15th, 2009This is great news, although one could certainly wish for different circumstances: Atlas Shrugged is (as of right now) the #1 bestseller in Amazon’s “Literature and Fiction” category. No matter how you spin it, this is great news. To keep updated on it’s status: Amazon’s most popular Literature and Fiction.
Sign of the End Times: Keynes on the Comback Trail?
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009I’ve been hearing more and more about Keynesian economics lately. This bit from the Christian Science Monitor is the most specific I’ve found so far: Raising Keynes: An old economist finds new rock-star status: <!– s.pageName=”rebuilding the economy:article page”; s.prop1=”"; s.prop2=”"; s.prop3=”raising keynes: an old economist finds new rock-star status”; s.prop4=”http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/01/13/raising-keynes-an-old-economist-finds-new-rock-star-status/”; s.prop5=”article”; s.prop6=”rebuilding the economy”; [...]
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