Atlas Shrugged

<p><em><strong>Atlas Shrugged</strong></em> is a 1957 novel by <a title="Ayn Rand" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand">Ayn Rand</a>. Rand's fourth and final novel, it was also her <a title= "List of longest novels" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_novels">longest</a>, and the one she considered to be her <em><a class= "mw-redirect" title="Magnum opus" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_opus">magnum opus</a></em> in the realm of <a title="Fiction" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction">fiction</a> writing.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERand1997704_1-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged#cite_note-FOOTNOTERand1997704-1">[1]</a></sup> <em>Atlas Shrugged</em> includes elements of <a title= "Science fiction" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction">science fiction</a>, <a title="Mystery fiction" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_fiction">mystery</a>, and <a title="Romance novel" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_novel">romance</a>, and it contains Rand's most extensive statement of <a title= "Objectivism" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism">Objectivism</a> in any of her works of fiction. The theme of <em>Atlas Shrugged</em>, as Rand described it, is "the role of man's mind in existence". The book explores a number of philosophical themes from which Rand would subsequently develop Objectivism. In doing so, it expresses the advocacy of reason, individualism, and capitalism, and depicts what Rand saw to be the failures of governmental coercion.</p> <p><br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you’d like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find</span> <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/citationpod"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">our Patreon page here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.  Be sure to check</span> <a href= "http://citationpod.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">our website</span></a> <span style="f