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user-inactivated  ·  4329 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ayn Rand is for children.

Yeah, I've read that book. It's interesting that Greenspan managed to make everyone forget he was an acolyte of Rand's right about the time he shot to fame. I've also heard the claims of Greenspan's massive (negative) influence on the west.

So if your argument is that Rand (and libertarianism) influenced Greenspan, who influenced everything else (especially the bubble, which he partially caused), then I agree with you. But that's an extremely roundabout way to have influence.