• Frank
• Nov 26,2008
• In: Blog

Atlas Shrugged, updated for the current financial crisis

If you’re familiar with the original Atlas Shrugged, this story in McSweeney’s is hilarious:

“I heard the thugs in Washington were trying to take your Rearden metal at the point of a gun,” [Dagny] said. “Don’t let them, Hank. With your advanced alloy and my high-tech railroad, we’ll revitalize our country’s failing infrastructure and make big, virtuous profits.”

“Oh, no, I got out of that suckers’ game. I now run my own hedge-fund firm, Rearden Capital Management.”

“What?”

Hat tip: Alex Tabarrok.