September 21, 2011 10:51AM 

# Ayn Rand Novel or Real Life? 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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You’ll have to wonder this afternoon when Google CEO Eric Schmidt is hauled up before a Senate subcommittee on charges that the company he runs is too successful.

You can watch senators craft their sound bites starting at 2:00 pm Eastern on the [Judiciary Committee’s website](http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3d9031b47812de2592c3baeba64d93cb).

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