In this latest venture, d'Anconia has steered investors completely wrong, causing huge financial losses and a general sense of unrest. Francisco was Dagny's childhood friend and her former lover, but she now regards him as a worthless playboy. The line, which cost millions of dollars, was supposed to provide freight service for the San Sebastian Mines, a new venture by Francisco d'Anconia, the wealthiest copper industrialist in the world. The crisis for Taggart Transcontinental worsens when the railroad's San Sebastian Line proves to be worthless and is nationalized by the Mexican government. Dagny rejects the widespread pessimism and finds a new contractor for the Rio Norte Line. Nobody knows the origin or exact meaning of the question 'Who is John Galt?,' but people use the unanswerable question to express their sense of hopelessness. Dagny dislikes the new phrase that has crept into the language and signifies people's sense of futility and despair. As more great men disappear, the American people become increasingly pessimistic. McNamara, a contractor who was supposed to rebuild the Rio Norte Line, retires unexpectedly. For example, Owen Kellogg, a bright young Taggart employee for whom Dagny had great hopes, tells her that he is leaving the railroad. is the unexplained phenomenon of talented men retiring and disappearing. Worsening the economic depression in the U.S. She accepts the responsibility and orders the rails made of Rearden Metal. Dagny, who studied engineering in college, has seen the results of Rearden's tests. Because the metal has never been tried and has been denounced by metallurgists, James won't accept responsibility for using it.

Dagny wants the new rail to be made of Rearden Metal, a new alloy that Hank Rearden developed after ten years of experiment. James wants to do business with the inefficient Associated Steel, which is run by his friend Orren Boyle. Dagny intends to provide Colorado the train service it requires, but her brother James Taggart, president of Taggart Transcontinental, tries to block her from getting new rails from Rearden Steel, the last reliable steel manufacturer. Colorado, based on Wyatt's innovative method of extracting oil from shale, is the last great industrial center on earth. Other countries in the world have become socialist Peoples' States and are destitute. The country is in a downward economic spiral with businesses closing and men out of work. Dagny Taggart, vice president in charge of operations for Taggart Transcontinental Railroad, seeks to rebuild the crumbling track of the Rio Norte Line that serves Ellis Wyatt's oil fields and the booming industrial areas of Colorado. The story of Atlas Shrugged takes place in the United States at an unspecified future time. The Role of the Common Man in Atlas Shrugged: The Eddie Willers Story.The Role of the Mind in Human Life in Atlas Shrugged.

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