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I am John Galt : today's heroic innovators building the world and the villainous parasites destroying it

Author: Donald L Luskin; Andrew Greta
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011.
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"Inspired by Ayn Rand's characters in Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, penetrating profiles of both the innovators who move our world forward and those who seek to destroy the achievement of othersJohn Galt, the fictional character from Ayn Rand's bestselling novel, Atlas Shrugged, has come to embody the individualist capitalist who acts in his own enlightened self interest, and in doing so lifts the world  Read more...
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Luskin, Donald L.
I am John Galt.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011
(DLC) 2011010991
Material Type: Biography, Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Donald L Luskin; Andrew Greta
ISBN: 9781118100974 1118100972 9781118100981 1118100980 9781118100967 1118100964
OCLC Number: 1043644254
Description: 1 online resource (ix, 307 pages) : illustrations
Contents: I Am John Galt: Today's Heroic Innovators Building the World and the Villainous Parasites Destroying It; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Individualist: Steve Jobs as Howard Roark, the man who reinvented four whole industries just because it was so cool: By Andrew Greta; Chapter 2: The Mad Collectivist: Paul Krugman as Ellsworth Toohey, the man who preaches socialism from the pages of America's newspaper of record: By Donald L. Luskin; Chapter 3: The Leader: John Allison as John Galt, the man who walked away after building America's strongest bank: By Donald L. Luskin. Chapter 4: The Parasite: Angelo Mozilo as James Taggart, the businessman who corrupted government and nearly wrecked the U.S. economy: By Andrew GretaChapter 5: The Persecuted Titan: Bill Gates as Henry Rearden, the businessman who created revolutionary technologies and was criminalized for his success: By Andrew Greta; Chapter 6: The Central Planner: Barney Frank as Wesley Mouch, the politician who meddled in the economy and almost destroyed it: By Andrew Greta. Chapter 7: The Capitalist Champion: T.J. Rodgers as Francisco d'Anconia, the modern Renaissance man and agent provocateur for capitalism: By Andrew GretaChapter 8: The Sellout: Alan Greenspan as Robert Stadler, the libertarian who became an economic czar: By Donald L. Luskin; Chapter 9: The Economist of Liberty: Milton Friedman as Hugh Akston, the academic who showed the world the connection between capitalism and freedom: By Andrew Greta & Donald L. Luskin; Afterword; Notes; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Index.
Responsibility: Donald L. Luskin, Andrew Greta.

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