Sept. 28, 2003: This was an excellent novel on the joys of capitalism. The unfortunate thing is that it was over one thousand pages long. It took me over seven months to read.

The story centers around a couple of the movers and shakers from the railroad and iron industry. The country is making the turn from being a place where hard work is the norm, to that of being socially conscious. Success, greed, and selfishness are looked down upon. We must be fair and help those who can not (or will not) work as hard as others. We must carry them along. One man decides to do something about it.

The really creepy thing was that although the book was written over fifty years ago, the topics and conversations resemble events that could have happened very recently.

Without giving too much away, I'll just say that the character makes his point, although it seems a bit too far-fetched to be believable. The first two-thirds of the book was great, the last third was a bit more utopian than I'm comfortable with.

I'd recommend the book, although it would be great if there was an Atlas Shrugged Lite.

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