…of the American dream, then they should explain why. If they believe instead that the Ryan budget will guarantee our children a future in which Atlas really has shrugged and…

…by Brad Plumer: In 2005, Paul Ryan explained that he often looks to Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged” as inspiration for his views on monetary policy. … [See Brad DeLong…

…Rand movement, which was little more than a cult when the Atlas Shrugged author died thirty years ago, has effectively merged with the vastly larger libertarian movement. While many differences…

…anywhere else. Yes, he’s a genocidal prick with excellent engineering skills. Good for him. He’s still a genocidal prick. What I Think About Atlas Shrugged – Whatever. Cross-posted at Asymptosis….

…to eliminate them. Atlas Shrugged wasn’t even written then! What we don’t hear much of are the original concerns and reasoning for progressive taxation. Teddy Roosevelt: 1906…We should discriminate in…

…I suggest it is a manifestation of a clash of philosophies between two irreconcilable camps. One camp takes its collective inspiration from a canon that includes Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged…

…don’t support it. There’s a reason Mankiw, Romer, and Weil (1992) is the most dangerous short-form piece of immature fiction since Atlas Shrugged.* (Original source, at the bottom.) Paul Campos…

…those programs and a copy of “Atlas Shrugged” telling you to tough it out and be independent. This is coming from a man who has been in politics much of…

…Rand. The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged were fiction. All the better for those who loved a good myth; were too old to believe in Santa or play Cowboys and Indians;…

…Rand demurs that “It is useless to be against anything unless one knows what one is for.” What exactly was Rand for? She paraphrases one of her characters from Atlas…