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What Would The U.S. Look Like if Ayn Rand's Philosophy Were to Rule the Country?

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Tags: Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan, selfishness, Stephen Goldstein, Atlas Shrugged, Atlas Drugged, WMNF, Rob Lorei

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today—many Republicans are expressing strong admiration for philosopher Ayn Rand’s ideas—including her belief that selfishness is a virtue…. The best known adherent to Rand’s philosophy these days is the soon to be Republican Vice Presidentiual candidate Paul Ryan. We’ll talk with a South Florida author who has written about Ayn Rand’s ideas in a new book.

But first, two listener comments about yesterday’s program on which ...