Atlas Shrugged: From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years

Atlas Shrugged: From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years

"...If only "Atlas" were required reading for every member of Congress and political appointee in the Obama administration. I'm confident that we'd get out of the current financial mess a lot faster..."

"...For the uninitiated, the moral of the story is simply this: Politicians invariably respond to crises -- that in most cases they themselves created -- by spawning new government programs, laws and regulations. These, in turn, generate more havoc and poverty, which inspires the politicians to create more programs . . . and the downward spiral repeats itself until the productive sectors of the economy collapse under the collective weight of taxes and other burdens imposed in the name of fairness, equality and do-goodism..."

Atlas Shrugged: From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years

by Stephen Moore

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