rationalpassion ([info]rationalpassion) wrote,
@ 2009-06-03 01:28:00
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Amity Shlaes On Atlas Shrugged
This piece by Amity Shlaes is by no means perfect. Two specific criticisms: 1.) Ayn Rand was not a "libertarian." 2.) Ms. Shlaes describes the story as "beyond dated"--but the rest of Ms. Shlaes's column contradicts this charge.

In any event, the book is indeed selling faster than ever as the world we live in looks ever more like the one described in Atlas Shrugged.  Who is John Galt?



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2009-06-03 01:38 pm UTC (link)
It is interesting to see so many intellectuals comment on the recent interest in Atlas. I guess many of them read it in their younger days and that it had an impact on them. So, even though others have reported on the boost in sales, the next intellectual feels a personal reason to present his take on it.

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