Thanks for letting me mooch. I know a little about that - as I have a habit of being a 'moochee'. I live in Detroit. Not 'near' Detroit - but 'IN' Detroit. I was 'turned on' to Atlas a few years back. I knew of the title - but never read the book. Then - back when congress summoned the CEO's of the auto companies - and tried to tell them how to run their businesses - I whined to a friend that the CEO's should just close down their companies and retire - and let the geniuses in Washington pick up the pieces. My friend simply replied, "Who is John Galt?".....and I was hooked.