Socialists come to power in the United States and the government takes a course on “equal opportunities”, considering it fair at the expense of the talented and wealthy to make the worthless and talentless rich. Persecution of business leads to the destruction of the economy, in addition, one after another, under mysterious circumstances, talented people and the best entrepreneurs begin to disappear. The main characters of the novel are steel king Hank Rearden and vice-president of the railway company Dagny Taggart in vain trying to resist the tragic events. Instead of general prosperity, society sinks into apathy and chaos. Why the book is worth reading This is a book that changes the worldview, it forms a holistic vision of the world and gives answers to questions about the meaning of human life and the social significance of entrepreneurship According to opinion polls conducted in 1991 by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club in America, “Atlant Shrugged” is the second book after the Bible that led to changes in the lives of American readers This book was included in The New York Times bestseller list three days after the start of sales and remained in it for 21 weeks. This is the most significant work in the life of the writer, on which it took 12 years of her life.