The Economic situation is the movie Atlas Shrugged is an event we should think about. In the movie the Economy is plummeting and the government is very hands on in fixing the government, with its rules and regulations against successful businesses such as Rearden Steel and Taggart Transcontinental. In Atlas Shrugged the United States Economy is plummeting. The country is lacking the supply of oil and the prices of gas reach up near Forty Dollars. Americans walk and take subways in cities because of the high prices of gas. Americans also take subway because the demand for gas and oil is high but the supply is low. The government creates and continues to make many laws and regulations in attempt to help …show more content…
The user of the internet will now be charged to access the internet websites. This is an example of the government added regulations to gain money.
There are some ways that the economic disaster in Atlas Shrugged would not happen in real life. The Government could allow companies to do as they wish. Let them earn their by letting them sell their products by allowing them sell internationally, and they can also gain the country money. They would not become greedy if one big rich company started to become even more rich. The government would let them fix the economy.
Monetary Policy can go into the crisis happening in real life. The government would have the power through rules and regulations created by them not being laissez faire, and can control the money supply. Fiscal policy can also be controlled by the government, when they can raise the taxes on targeting companies just like what happened to Rearden Steel, and Taggart Transcontinental. The Economic situation in Atlas Shrugged is something we should keep in the back of our minds. It shows us that communism and socialism is not good. It controls all the factors of productions just like the government believing they were fixing it in the movie. It an event we should consider can