https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/04/26/paul-ryan-i-reject-ayn-rands-philosophy/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 08:51:56 -0400<![CDATA[“I, like millions of young people in America, read Rand’s novels when I was young. I enjoyed them,” Ryan says. “They spurred an interest in economics, in the Chicago School and Milton Friedman,” a subject he eventually studied as an undergraduate at Miami University in Ohio. “But it’s a big stretch to suggest that a person is therefore an Objectivist.”]]>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:00:33 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/04/26/paul-ryan-i-reject-ayn-rands-philosophy-n91980