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Spring 2011

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 26, Number 2

Categories: Education | Spring 2011

Inclusion of Atlas Shrugged in Economics Classes

Calvin A. Kent, Marshall University

Paul Hamilton, Marshall University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(2),2011,143-159InclusionofAtlasShruggedinEconomicsClassesCalvinA.KentMarshallUniversityPaulHamiltonMarshallUniversityAbstractInhernovelAtlasShrugged,AynRandmakesastrongargumentforaneconomybasedonfreeenterprisewithoutgovernmentinterference.Thebook,published52yearsago,remainsa“bestseller.”ThispaperrelateshowAtlasShruggedhasbeensuccessfullyintegratedintoaneconomicscourse.Sevencurrenteconomictopicsarecoveredwithillustrationsfromthenovelandthecounter-argumentsofothers.Insightsonhowtoincludethenovelarediscussed.Usinganexcitingandcontroversialnoveltocreateclassinteresthasbeenhighlyeffectiveinstimulatingdiscussionandresearch.JELCodes:A22,B31,D64,H11,M14,P51Keywords:Freemarkets;Capitalism;Governmentregulation;AynRand;TeachingeconomicsI.IntroductionIn1957AynRandpublishedAtlasShrugged,whichhasbecomeoneofthemostpopularnovelsofthepasthalf-century(TheWeek,2009).TheonlybookwithafocusoneconomicsthathasoutsoldthisoneisAdamSmith’sWealthofNations.TheuseofAtlasShruggedoncollegecampuseshasacceleratedastheUnitedStatescontemplatesrenewedcallsforgovernmentregulation,largegovernmentinterventionsintomarkets,andexpandingpublicprograms.ThedistributionofRand’sphilosophy,Objectivism,1andpro-capitalismidealshasbeensignificantlyexpandedbytheestablishmentofsome60universityprogramswithsupportfromtheBB&TFoundation(CISC,2009).Inaddition,attentionisbeinggivenincollegiatecirclesto“TakingtheRightSeriously”(Lilla,2009).1AnexcellentprimeronObjectivismcanbefoundathttp://www.PrinciplesOfAFreeSociety.com.143

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Title	Inclusion of Atlas Shrugged in Economics Classes
Authors/Creators:	Calvin A. Kent, Marshall University Paul Hamilton, Marshall University
Year:	2011
Volume:	26
Number:	2
Pages:	143 - 159
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Free markets, Capitalism, Government regulation, Ayn Rand, Teaching economics, Atlas Shrugged

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Kent, Calvin A.; Hamilton, Paul / 2011. "Inclusion of Atlas Shrugged in Economics Classes." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 26(2): 143-159.