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Ayn rand was a Russian- American novelist, philosopher and screenwriter, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the February 2, 1905. In 1925, She went to Hollywood,USA to pursue her career as a screenwriter. After struggling for several years, she began writing books. Her books THE FOUNTAINHEAD and ATLAS SHRUGGED became the best-selling novels. She was highly appreciated for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism. .......She supported rational and ethical egoism and rejected altruism. In politics, she condemned the initiation of force as immoral and opposed collectivism and statism as well as anarchism, instead supporting laissez-faire capitalism, which she defined as the system based on recognizing individual rights. . She died in 1982 but still even today her work is very much alive and would be influential for generations to come . When you read the book , her philosophy gets the hold of your thinking and it convinces you that individualism is above all . This philosophy bought revolution in the thinking and attitude of people . Critics were harsh on her philosophy but still she defended her every point till the very end of her life. Even today , she continues to inspire millions of people through her work to work hard in the right manner and to work efficiently as she thinks that an empty mind without a purpose is as good as a dead man . Some university use “atlas shrugged” as a text book (which is a achievement in itself) . UNDERSTANDING ATLAS SHRUGGED Atlas Shrugged widely recognized as a masterpiece of philosophy and of literature and an economically literate novel that provides economic enlightenment. Based on an analysis of reality, political economy providing a literary treatment of proper economic principles, concepts, issues and themes. This great novel portrays a growing crisis of interventionism and systematic government failure and presents a thorough defense of a totally unregulated market system. In her literary passages, Ayn Rand is able to teach the lessons of market-oriented economics in a far more memorable and engaging manner . To begin with ,Atlas Shrugged depicts the role of individual initiative and creativity in economic progress. …show more content…
Rand shows, especially through Galt's strike, that the mind is the fundamental source of wealth and profits. It is the thinkers who are the true creators of wealth and who are crucially responsible for prosperity. It is capitalists, industrialists, and entrepreneurs such as Hank Rearden, Dagny Taggart , Ellis Wyatt, and Midas Mulligan who reshape the world by being prime movers in the marketplace. It is the competent thinkers and doers who create wealth and promote human economic prosperity through innovation and the creation of new enterprises. It is these self-actuating rational valuers who propel the world and sustain it. Much of Atlas Shrugged a study of the great producers who have the ability to see, to make connections, and to create what has not been seen before. Atlas Shrugged a convincing case that (1) the mind is at the root of the creation and maintenance of wealth; (2) the passionate producer is the prime mover and visible hand in markets; and (3) the rational, purposeful, and creative character of the human person is reflected in the act of material production In his "Money Speech" Francisco explains that money is made possible only by
Ayn rand was a Russian- American novelist, philosopher and screenwriter, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the February 2, 1905. In 1925, She went to Hollywood,USA to pursue her career as a screenwriter. After struggling for several years, she began writing books. Her books THE FOUNTAINHEAD and ATLAS SHRUGGED became the best-selling novels. She was highly appreciated for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism. .......She supported rational and ethical egoism and rejected altruism. In politics, she condemned the initiation of force as immoral and opposed collectivism and statism as well as anarchism, instead supporting laissez-faire capitalism, which she defined as the system based on recognizing individual rights. . She died in 1982 but still even today her work is very much alive and would be influential for generations to come . When you read the book , her philosophy gets the hold of your thinking and it convinces you that individualism is above all . This philosophy bought revolution in the thinking and attitude of people . Critics were harsh on her philosophy but still she defended her every point till the very end of her life. Even today , she continues to inspire millions of people through her work to work hard in the right manner and to work efficiently as she thinks that an empty mind without a purpose is as good as a dead man . Some university use “atlas shrugged” as a text book (which is a achievement in itself) . UNDERSTANDING ATLAS SHRUGGED Atlas Shrugged widely recognized as a masterpiece of philosophy and of literature and an economically literate novel that provides economic enlightenment. Based on an analysis of reality, political economy providing a literary treatment of proper economic principles, concepts, issues and themes. This great novel portrays a growing crisis of interventionism and systematic government failure and presents a thorough defense of a totally unregulated market system. In her literary passages, Ayn Rand is able to teach the lessons of market-oriented economics in a far more memorable and engaging manner . To begin with ,Atlas Shrugged depicts the role of individual initiative and creativity in economic progress. …show more content…
Rand shows, especially through Galt's strike, that the mind is the fundamental source of wealth and profits. It is the thinkers who are the true creators of wealth and who are crucially responsible for prosperity. It is capitalists, industrialists, and entrepreneurs such as Hank Rearden, Dagny Taggart , Ellis Wyatt, and Midas Mulligan who reshape the world by being prime movers in the marketplace. It is the competent thinkers and doers who create wealth and promote human economic prosperity through innovation and the creation of new enterprises. It is these self-actuating rational valuers who propel the world and sustain it. Much of Atlas Shrugged a study of the great producers who have the ability to see, to make connections, and to create what has not been seen before. Atlas Shrugged a convincing case that (1) the mind is at the root of the creation and maintenance of wealth; (2) the passionate producer is the prime mover and visible hand in markets; and (3) the rational, purposeful, and creative character of the human person is reflected in the act of material production In his "Money Speech" Francisco explains that money is made possible only by