
“So you think that money is the root of all evil?” said Francisco d’Anconia. “Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them.” … “Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?” - Atlas Shrugged
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Monday, January 03, 2011
'Atlas Shrugged': From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years - WSJ.com
Some years ago when I worked at the libertarian Cato Institute, we used to label any new hire who had not yet read 'Atlas Shrugged' a 'virgin.' Being conversant in Ayn Rand's classic novel about the economic carnage caused by big government run amok was practically a job requirement. 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."
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