Ayn Rand, fountainhead of thought for Paul Ryan, now subject of academic boom

Ayn Rand, fountainhead of thought for Paul Ryan, now subject of academic boom, News & Observer, August 18, 2012. Even before GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney picked U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate, a certain selfish, dead and enduringly controversial novelist already was enjoying an unusual boom in university classes, particularly in North Carolina. Douglas Pearce and Craig Newmark, economics, featured.