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Atlas Shrugged Book Review

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Ayazhan Akhmetova Capitalism in Crisis ANT/PLS 204 Academic review #1 “Atlas Shrugged” – is a novel written by Ayn Rand in 1957. The book includes different genres such as romance, philosophical and science fictions, mystery that makes it unique in its way. Many people criticized the book, but still Atlas Shrugged is one of the greatest books in its time and it did not lose relevance in our time. The story of the book starts in the United States in certain future time, the author presents anti utopian model of the country where government wants to destroy free market relations and maintain planned economy. Ayn Rand shows the U.S without capitalism and market relations, where government intervenes and turn private companies into national ones as well as combines small companies with large ones, an example is Taggart Transcontinental railway company that was nationalized and merged with …show more content…

In the book she supports this view by showing the effectiveness and prosperity of companies when they thrive to earn more money, create new technologies, for example the company Twentieth Century Motor Company which create engines made the brand new engine but because of the death of CEO and implementing the policy of payment and benefits program company went to bankruptcy. The reason why the book called Atlas shrugged is because author makes parallel between Greek mythology, where Atlas is goddess who holds the earth on his shoulders, the idea is that the Atlas is group of people who supports production, creation and creativity and by doing that they contribute into economy. When government interferes and destroys the free market system maintained by Atlas and tries to rule the economy Atlas shrug and everything collapse. Society loses what guaranteed its existence, majority of people lose their jobs and the economic crisis

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