Mayhaps be, but the solution presented in the post in question sounded just like the one used by the government when all the businessmen started fleeing to Gault's Gulch.
BTW Atlas Shrugged was a philosophy wrapped in a novel. Further I find it interesting that the plot of the book is so close to today’s business climate in America. Rand may have been loony but she was a genius as well!
What did Ken Lay produce? He is simply another parasite enabled (and still protected?) by Republocrat political connections. The Free Market is what exposed Enron, even while former politicians on his payroll were trying to keep pulling the strings.
American is driven by the entrepenuer. Unless and until the government gets out of his way, the economy is imperilled. You can't build a fence around him, unless you think Kruschev had it figured out with the Berlin Wall.
That is absolutely true. I've been exposed to and part of several levels of corporate America, and while Scott Adams may be funny as hell, his portrayal of middle management is spot on. I have met every one of his characters, including Alice and the pointy-haired boss, in person.
And I'm not just talking about medium-sized coporations, either. When I was with Xerox, it was more like Dilbert's environment than the smaller companies.