A Collective Shrug?

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Ayn Rand devotees aren’t wholeheartedly celebrating Paul Ryan, though he has said the novelist “triggered my interest in economics.”

Why the tepid embrace? Ryan presents a double-edged sword: He’ll help draw attention to Rand’s views, but his disavowal of her social libertarian streak means that if elected, Ryan won’t “embody all parts of Ayn Rand’s vision.”

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