Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
Who is John Galt? It is a question asked throughout a declining America, where the economy is collapsing, industries are failing and the most talented and productive people are mysteriously disappearing. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s sweeping and influential novel, tells the story of what happens when the people who keep the world running decide to go on strike.
At the center of the story is Dagny Taggart, a brilliant and determined executive who runs the operations of a great transcontinental railroad, struggling to keep it alive as government regulations, corruption and incompetence spread. She forms an alliance with Hank Rearden, a self-made steel magnate who has invented a revolutionary new metal, and together they fight to save their businesses as society crumbles around them.
As more and more innovators, industrialists, scientists and artists vanish, Dagny sets out to discover who is behind their disappearance and why. Her search leads her to the mysterious John Galt and to a hidden world that challenges everything she believes.
The novel presents Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism, which champions reason, individualism, achievement and free-market capitalism, and argues against collectivism and altruism as moral ideals. Its ideas have had a lasting influence on political and economic debates, inspiring devoted admirers as well as strong critics.
Long, ambitious and provocative, Atlas Shrugged is a landmark of twentieth-century fiction and a must-read for anyone interested in philosophy, politics and the debates it continues to spark. Its views are strongly contested, and readers may wish to consider a range of perspectives.
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