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

2011; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 49; Issue: 03 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.49-1568

1943-5975

Donald L. Luskin, Andrew Greta,

Economic Theory and Policy

Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Individualist 17 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 45 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 71 John Allison as John Galt, the man who walked away after building America's strongest bank By Donald L. Luskin Chapter 4 The Parasite 97 Angelo Mozilo as James Taggart, the businessman who corrupted government and nearly wrecked the U.S. economy By Andrew Greta Chapter 5 The Persecuted Titan 131 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 163 Barney Frank as Wesley Mouch, the politician who meddled in the economy and almost destroyed it By Andrew Greta Chapter 7 The Capitalist Champion 191 T. J. Rodgers as Francisco d'Anconia, the modern Renaissance man and agent provocateur for capitalism By Andrew Greta Chapter 8 The Sellout 219 Alan Greenspan as Robert Stadler, the libertarian who became an economic czar By Donald L. Luskin Chapter 9 The Economist of Liberty 239 Milton Friedman as Hugh Akston, the academic who showed the world the connection between capitalism and freedom By Andrew Greta & Donald L. Luskin Afterword 261 Notes 267 Acknowledgments 293 About the Authors 295 Index 297