Ideologies / Libertarian Capitalist / Hank Rearden
Fiction§ The minds · fictional · United States · Industrialist (fiction)
Hank Rearden
The right to produce
The maker who asks no permission.
Economic+97
SocialistMarket
Governance−26
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−18
TraditionalProgressive
Rand's steel magnate, the archetype of the productive capitalist who creates value by reason and effort and asks of government only that it get out of his way.
social
Stoic, traditional in bearing, fiercely independent.
economic
The self-made industrialist who lives by free exchange and earned value.
governance
Wants only to be left alone by the state.
Notable for
- Invented Rearden Metal
- Icon of the productive maker
- 'Atlas Shrugged'
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