Summary: Rearden is unable to meet orders for his Metal, and much of the global economy is continuing to degrade. People are learning the harsh reality of scarce resources. The looters attempt to redistribute wealth, and vote to redistribute the Metal from the Rio Norte Line. Dagny visits with d’Anconia over that, Nat Taggart, and whether she should continue to fight. More heroes quit soon after the Rio Norte Line goes. James Taggart and Lillian Rearden continue to try to understand how to handle Hank and Dagny. Then Lillian meets Hank at the train station, sees Dagny there, and connects the dots that they are having an affair. Lillian demands that he breaks it off, and Hank absolutely refuses.

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Atlas Shrugged was written by Ayn Rand in 1957.

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