• • On Paul Ryan’s budget plan 
The Economist Inaccurate  | A reader from Alameda, California, places an emphasis on the intellectual antecedents of Mr Ryan’s plan. Andrew Laurence reminds us that: “Congressman Ryan is an admitted devotee of Ayn Rand, who believed that helping the poor, whether it is done by government or through private efforts, was not only wrong but positively immoral”.   Published: 2011-04-12