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Roarks vs. Keatings

July 14, 2010 - Posted by Joshua Zader
It's the Howard Roarks who create new jobs, but it's the Peter Keatings who are thriving in the current economic climate, with its public-private "partnerships" and lack of available credit. »More

“Stossel” to cover Atlas Shrugged on Thursday

January 2, 2010 - Posted by Joshua Zader
I just received the following announcement via Stuart Hayashi: On Thursday, January 7, 2010, the Fox Business Network will air the episode of "Stossel" that will be about Atlas Shrugged happening in real life and happening ... »More

Avatar: The Atlas Shrugged of the Left

December 29, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
A new article by Nick Rizzuto at TownHall.com begins: For 52 years now, Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged has stood alone as the shining example of political allegory. Rand's novel has long been considered to be essential ... »More

The Whole Foods alternative to ObamaCare

August 12, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Celebrity Ayn Rand fan and Whole Foods CEO John Mackey has a great article in today's Wall Street Journal with his recommendations for free market based health care reform (though I take exception to his ... »More

Doctors on strike for freedom in medicine

July 30, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From Atlasphere member Gregory Garamoni: Doctors Support Proposed Florida Amendment to Protect Rights of Doctors and Patients Doctors on Strike for Freedom in Medicine today applauded the Florida State legislators who proposed an amendment to the State ... »More

Good new speech by Daniel Hannan in Colorado

July 18, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
We've noted before that British politician Daniel Hannan is not only an articulate defender of freedom, but also an Ayn Rand fan. Recently the Independence Institute brought him to the U.S., where he gave the ... »More

Free market economist Peter Schiff may run for U.S. Senate

July 15, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
From Atlasphere founding editor Andrew Schwartz: Peter Schiff, an economist known for predicting the current financial crisis, and a liberty-minded individual who lists Ayn Rand's Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal on his recommended reading page, has announced ... »More

British Tribute to Ayn Rand: Godless Prophet of the Capitalist Revolution

June 26, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Don't miss "Ayn Rand: Godless Prophet of the Capitalist Revolution" by Simon Heffer, in Standpoint Magazine. It begins: One of the latest hits on YouTube is a nine-minute compilation of clips from King Vidor's 1949 film ... »More

Amity Shlaes: Ayn Rand’s Atlas Is Shrugging with a Growing Load

June 2, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Writing for Bloomberg, Amity Shlaes has an interesting article about Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged. It begins: Imagine a novel of more than a thousand pages, published half a century ago. The author doesn’t have a ... »More

Glenn Beck ups the ante on ‘Going Galt’: What if a million people stopped paying their taxes in protest?

May 30, 2009 - Posted by Joshua Zader
Beck doesn't (that I recall) explicitly mention "Going Galt" in this clip, but it certainly seems like an apt metaphor for what he's advocating not advocating. »More
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