• • • Capitalism’s fundamental flaw 
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Capitalism  | Too many sacred tenets in Rand's philosophy stand violated. Integrity, justice, fairness, work-ethic, excellence--all have fallen prey to greed. Rand's flaw? She assumed integrity is implicit in the characters of the "leaders." It isn't. And hence again, most intelligent people are coming to the conclusion that the government must intervene to stop further shameless looting of taxpayer money. Free-market capitalism gets halted, regulation makes sense.      View blog reactions

• • An innovation conundrum 
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Capitalism  | Much has been written recently about Ayn Rand's classic, Atlas Shrugged. In Rand's book, the captains of industry went on strike when the government decided to practice wealth redistribution on an unacceptable scale. In our modern society, the problem we are facing is substantially more complex.      View blog reactions

• • Success tips for new entrepreneurs 
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Atlas Shrugged  |The Fountainhead  | How do you overcome your fear of failure? You need a philosophy. I take inspiration from Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Have you read them? If not, I highly recommend that you do. The Hank Rearden character in Atlas Shrugged has incredible resilience against all odds. I know many entrepreneurs who have used Rearden as their inspiration.      View blog reactions

• Barak Obama’s finance lesson 
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Atlas Shrugged  | Hydro Green Energy Chief Executive Wayne Krouse is an Atlas Shrugged kind of guy who waited four years for a patent that would allow him to launch a cleantech company that holds the promise of greatly enhancing hydropower capacity in the U.S.      View blog reactions