Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged Climbs Up Charts During Recession

THE TELEGRAPH: Atlas Shrugged, the literary classic which promotes individual enterprise above all else during tough economic times, has catapulted up the charts since the recession.

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Sales of the 1957 philosophy novel, written by the late Ayn Rand, enjoyed a major resurgence over an 18-month period that coincided with pivotal economic moments.

Such is the modern-day fascination, according to The Economist, that the book's sales rank on Amazon climbed more than 500 places in the book charts over a two-year period, eclipsing such rival tomes as Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope. >>> By Mark Coleman in Los Angeles | Tuesday, March 10, 2009

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