As Government Hands Out, Rand Rises
John Tamny of RealClearMarkets In her timeless book Atlas Shrugged, author Ayn Rand chronicled the fictional doings of many great industrialists who were dealing with the greedy hand of government, including Hank Riordan. In an early chapter, Riordan was asked…
John Tamny of RealClearMarkets
In her timeless book Atlas Shrugged, author Ayn Rand chronicled the fictional doings of many great industrialists who were dealing with the greedy hand of government, including Hank Riordan. In an early chapter, Riordan was asked by a relative who his man in Washington was, but he had no answer.
A productive person driven by his own self interest, it never occurred to Riordan to look to Washington for help in growing his business, or for handouts meant to keep it afloat. Success for him resulted from being profitable, and profits were the certain signal that he was giving customers of his massive steel corporation what they wanted.
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