Rand book sales are `` going through the roof , '' said Yaron Brook , the president of the Ayn Rand Institute . Ayn Rand 's `` Atlas Shrugged '' has sold hundreds of thousands in last 18 months . The book is a fictional account of the rise and fall of an American capitalist named Dagny Taggart, who was born into wealth but became disillusioned with her life as she grew up on a cattle Rand 's free-market philosophies still a hot-button issue .
Ayn Rand 's `` Atlas Shrugged '' has sold hundreds of thousands in last 18 months . The book is a fictional account of the rise and fall of an American capitalist named Dagny Taggart, who was born into wealth but became disillusioned with her life as she grew up on a cattle Rand 's free-market philosophies still a hot-button issue .