Atlas Shrugged: Sanitized and On the Fly
For instance, Ayn Rand was a passionate smoker. None of the principle characters in <i>Atlas Shrugged: Part I</i> smokes.
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The Continued Relevance of Rand’s Villains
So long as Ayn Rand’s villains continue to resemble the reality in Washington, the story of Atlas Shrugged will remain popular. The average American may not be a powerful railroad executive or steel magnate, but most believe they are entitled to the fruits of their labor.
The Capitalist in the Hat
The case of Seuss enthusiast Charles Cohen beautifully illustrates the harmony between personal profit and service to others in the voluntary market economy. For good or ill, entrepreneurs will provide what the customers want — whether it's one fish, two fish, red fish, or blue fish.
Silver Circle: The Independent Film and Graphic Novel
The Federal Reserve and its unsound fiat money allow us to do things we should not be doing. Silver Circle is an animated, feature-length, independent film created by Pasha Roberts. The plot is about a group of Rebels that take on the Federal Reserve in 2019.
Selling Liberty: National Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Chicago, 9 April 2011.
The Anticapitalistic Bias of American Intellectuals
In the U.S., an almost unsurmountable gulf separates “society” from the intellectuals, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973).
Friedrich Hayek and American Science Fiction
When Hayek came into Mises’s employ, he favored the democratic-socialist politics of Wieser, his mentor at the university.
