{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e3852cbdb67c0f94f393857/5e38537d94ec4b4a36d44776?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ayn Rand: An Introduction (with Eamonn Butler)","description":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Eamonn Butler joins us to discuss his new book <a href=\"https://www.libertarianism.org/books/ayn-rand-introduction\">Ayn Rand: An Introduction.</a> Why does Rand’s work remain so influential? Her thinking still has a profound impact, particularly on those who come to it through her novels, Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead—with their core messages of individualism, self-worth, and the right to live without the impositions of others. Eamonn Butler is the Director of the Adam Smith Institute. In this episode, we discuss Ayn Rand, her work as a fiction author, and her fascinating life and history.  </p><h3 dir=\"ltr\">Further Readings/References:</h3><p dir=\"ltr\">Find <a href=\"https://www.libertarianism.org/books/ayn-rand-introduction\">Ayn Rand: An Introduction</a> now available on www.libertarianism.org</p><p dir=\"ltr\">More about <a href=\"https://www.atlasnetwork.org/about/people/dr.-eamonn-butler\">Eamonn Butler.</a></p><p dir=\"ltr\">More about <a href=\"https://www.libertarianism.org/encyclopedia/rand-ayn\">Ayn Rand.</a></p><p dir=\"ltr\">More on <a href=\"https://www.libertarianism.org/encyclopedia/objectivism\">Objectivism</a>.</p><p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://www.libertarianism.org/media/excursions/ayn-rand-altruism-part-1\">Excursions into Libertarian Thought - Series on Ayn Rand and Altruism</a></p>","author_name":"Libertarianism.org"}