Atlas Shrugged – Reflections on Today’s Economy
by Tom on October 28, 2009
in Atlas Shrugged
Update – I originally wrote this post back in January and started the series on Atlas Shrugged at that point. Due to a variety of things, being buried in a refi crunch and some other things, I’d kind of let it slip for a few months.
The events of the last 2 weeks (the executive compensation issue last week and the extension of the government subsidy of first time home buyers and the bailout (again) of GMAC) have led me to realize that, present company included, we all need to look at Atlas Shrugged again.
So, I’m restarting the series. I’m going to rerun the posts that I’ve already written with the goal being to have 1 to 2 posts per week about it. At that rate, the series should last about 5 years.
Stay tuned!
Tom Vanderwell
Here’s what I wrote back in January…….
I was talking to my friend, Todd Waller, who is a Realtor in Ann Arbor and the conversation switched over to the book “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand and how it has a lot to say about what’s happening today.
I’ve previously read the book (actually in 2002) and found it fascinating. I decided that I’m going to do a series of posts on it over the next few months. I have no idea how many posts or how often. I’m in the process of rereading the book and as I come across things that have a bearing on today’s economy and the mess we’ve got, I’ll talk about them here.
I think that there’s a lot we can all learn from it and I can promise you that I don’t agree with everything that Ayn Rand says, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn from someone we disagree with.
Stay tuned and let me know what you think.
Oh, I am SO looking forward to this series!
It’s a 289 part series, right?
I’m also curious to see if you “reveal” who the modern day John Galt is!
I have absolutely no idea how long it’s going to be. I’m going to be in no hurry to get it done and no hurry to go through it too fast.
I’m sure we’ll get to John Galt at some point…..
Nice–love this book 1st read it in high school and it formed alot of my economic opinion
I’ve read it twice this past year and posted on Atlas. Very prophetic for our times…so much applies.
Look forward to your series, Tom.