“..while standing next in line for their share of the booty are real-estate developers, the steel industry, chemical companies, airlines, ethanol producers, construction firms and even catfish farmers.”
You forgot to mention the porn industry.
Anyone who read the book saw it unfolding.
My earlier comment:(With the HTML fixed)I was reading an article in the WSJ, that stated that Obama's plans are straight out of Atlas Shrugged, that Obama's big government is like Atlas Shrugged in real time.
I doubt that Obama has ever read the book, so how 'bout if we all start sending him a copy, thousands of copies of Atlas Shrugged, flooding his mail box on inauguration day? We could also write a new reality show entitled, "Atlas Shrugged".
It still seems to be inefficient, at least in how fast railcars are transported from the interchange with the next railroad to the north down to its southern terminus. Only a small part of the delay is due to technology (not having remotely operated couplers and having many, uncontrolled grade crossings and resultant slow speed limits).
Railcars (and containers) are like internet data packets, except that most of the time, the packets are just sitting around in buffers waiting to be sent. There would seem to be plenty of opportunity for the railroads to innovate, drive their costs down and provide better service.
Galt’s Gulch and its industry leaders/entrepreneurs reminds me of the current exodus of business out of the USA. The only difference is that businesses today are seeking the slave labor market that doesn’t exist in Galt’s Gulch. Both try to escape regulatory and confiscatory legislation.
Would be more convincing if Stephen Moore actually were part of the productive economy. Thinktankers like Moore live in the scenario he describes: they get money whether they’re right or not and whether they produce anything of value or not. If you disagree with him about open borders and free trade you might think him one of those who get more money the more they fail.
For those interested and can’t find it in the stores.
http://extratorrent.com/torrent/1592003/Ayn+Rand++-+The+Fountainhead+and+Atlas+Shrugged+pdf.html
Ayn Rand - The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged ... bunded in a pdf document.
Just read Atlas last month.
It should be required reading in high school or college.
One negative: it is long. Over 1000 pages. Be prepared.
I just hope all of Atlas Shrugged comes true, not just the bad parts.
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