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will consider to be winners and losers as it relates to
companies making more or less money during the
coronavirus economic shutdown. And while I do
not want to inflame a political conversation, I think
there is an underlying winner and loser that is going
unnoticed in this conversation that will ultimately
cause a significantly higher level of pain than the
coronavirus and a temporary economic shutdown.

Before I look at some companies that will make
a significant amount of money during this economic
shutdown or highlight some companies that will
lose greatly, I think it’s valuable to take a second
and define what money is. I would put forth the
opinion that in the current climate, there is very
little that people are willing to define, much less fully

understand so that their words or concepts can be
clearly defined. Money is one of those concepts. But
I find it rare that someone truly understands what
money actually is, or what it represents. In Ayn Rand’s
book Atlas Shrugged, a character by the name of
Francisco d’Anconia puts forth a monologue that, in
my opinion, is a clear and defensible position on the
purpose, value, and definition of money. Francisco
finds himself essentially taking up the defense of

money, denying that money, in and of itself, is the
root of all evil. Francisco asks an interesting question,
“Have you ever asked what is the root of money?”

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