Department of Labor recommends Atlas Shrugged - Galt's Gulch

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Department of Labor recommends Atlas Shrugged

Posted by sdesapio 12 years ago to Books

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Posted by MikeMarotta 12 years ago in reply to this comment.

That was a 1998 poll by Modern Library. It was an open poll: no way to control voting. The editors themselves also listed the most influential books and included nothing by Rand.

Best Non-fiction. Board chose "The Education of Henry Adams." Readers chose "The Virtue of Selfishness."
http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100...

Best Fiction. Board chose "Ulysses" and "The Great Gatsby". Readers chose "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead."
http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100...

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Posted by MikeMarotta 12 years ago in reply to this comment.

I found that, also:
Benjamin Weingarten,
Publishing Manager at The Blaze

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Posted by MorganTolbert 12 years ago

But did you read the description of the novel?

"Atlas Shrugged . . . takes place in a dystopian U.S., one where industrial leaders disappear, depriving the government of their taxes and eliminating the livelihoods they sustained."

So that's the ultimate moral purpose of Dagny, Rearden, D'Anconia, Galt, et al.: to pay taxes in order to sustain the livelhoods of those who live on those taxes!

And to think I had it wrong all these years . . .

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Posted by sjatkins 12 years ago

Now that is funny. Highly ironic.

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Posted by overmanwarrior 12 years ago in reply to this comment.

No doubt. That is interesting, somebody likely didn't know what the book was about at the Department of Labor, but maybe--just maybe there is someone there who is a fan and is being fair.

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Posted by khalling 12 years ago in reply to this comment.

when they were young and foolish ;)
then they rejected it later when they were just foolish

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Posted by Zenphamy 12 years ago

And 'The Anthem'. Someone reported that AS is the second most influential book in America, behind the Bible.

I wonder if anyone in DoL has read the book?

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