Sure sign of madness, wasRE: globalization & Pynchon?

[calbert at tiac.net]

Richard Fiero:

"Nothing to do with the author's view of multinationals
> here except as jbor points out, the Rand stuff.

Any suggestions as to why Ayn Rand do so - what purpose do these 
passages serve in her works? Is there yet another layer to the 
Pynchon reference (as if that ever happens)?....

love,
cfa, working backwards through the weekend's volume......