I think the TV series "Connections" should be mandatory viewing in every public jr high and highschool.

For one, it certainly supports the Objectivist philosophy.

For another, it seems to best promote an understanding of the power of knowledge.

Each episode, Burke takes us from the far past, and through ordinary human motivations, demonstrates the evolution of civilization.

Here's a good bit that describes how Rearden Metal came to be created... it also involves elements of a "carbon tax"... only in this case people MUST use carbon...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0B2OGlV...