Friday, April 24, 2009

Rand today!

Here are three articles that discuss Rand and her beliefs in relation to things going on today.

Many of you may recall that within the disaproval of Obama, words like "socialism" and "communism" have been spread around in regards to his ideas for a universal health care system, modifications to taxes and the banking system, and government control of big businesses. Whether you agree with these thoughts or disagree is one thing, but it seems to speak of Rand's main ideas of the government looking to limit some from seeking their individual potential. Again, these ideas are very radical and extreme, but they do question how things should be run.

Many of the following articles relate more to her other book, Atlas Shrugged, which many believe to have been an almost identical scenario to that of our current economic situation. Start off with the first article to fully understand it's main points.

The following article is written with less emphasis on politics and the economy, and more with individuality which we discussed a few days ago.

If none of these seem interesting enough for you, try to find your own Rand-related article to write about. You can find many on the Ayn Rand Institute website, as well as on any news search engine (news.google.com, news.yahoo.com, etc...).

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