Watching the Economy Implode

Watching the news about the economy, and especially the AIG stupidity, it strikes me as amusing to draw parallels between our current socio-economic situation and that of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.

Now, I am not an objectivist by any means - the views on religion do not suit me, and there generally just seems to be something missing from the theory - but there are a lot of elements in Atlas that ring true.

I think that now, when anyone says anything about the economy, I am going to reply, "Who is John Galt?" and see if anyone catches the reference.