{"article":{"id":298056,"heading":"Audio: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed, 3 hr 19 min","author":"Lisa Duggan","created":"2019-06-06 17:57:01","modified":"2019-06-06 17:57:01","last_modified":"Fri, 07 Jun 2019 00:57:01","article":"<p>Audio: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed, 3 hr 19 min, Jun 3, 2019 <br>  <br> Lisa Duggan, Mean Girl, UC Press, 2019 <br><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ayn-rand-and-the-culture-of-greed\/id78900506?i=1000440616006\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ayn-rand-and-the-culture-of-greed\/id78900506?i=1000440616006<\/a> <br><br> Ayn Rand&rsquo;s novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged have been called gateway drugs to rightwing ideas for so many Americans. And while the works of the writer and philosopher have seen a resurgence since the global economic crisis, her influence has been undeniably huge and sustained since those books were originally published in mid-century. Historian Lisa Duggan examines what is at the heart of Rand&rsquo;s enduring appeal. <br><br> Resources: <br><br> Lisa Duggan, Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed UC Press, 2019<\/p>\n","contact":"marc1seed@yahoo.com","link":"www.freembtranslations.net","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"She was an anti-communist and anti-Soviet after being born as a Jew in St. Petersberg before the 1917 revolution.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2019\/06\/298056.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}