Who is John Galt?

A brief respite from the traditional critique:

Over the past few months, the government has clearly asserted itself as a tremendous force in the economy. Intervention has risen and our President has advocated various forms of socialism. The response throughout much of the population has been growing frustration and anger. Interestingly, one the most acclaimed and well-written novels of all time has seen a serious up-tick in sales. According to the Ayn Rand Institute, sales of Atlas Shrugged have "almost tripled over the first seven weeks of this year compared with sales for the same period in 2008."

It is an incredible novel, and I highly recommended reading it .

For more information:

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/the-atlas-shrugged-index/

For Purchase:

http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Shrugged-Ayn-Rand/dp/0451191145