By Ayn Rand
In 1976, Ayn Rand was interviewed for the “Focus on Youth” series, a weekly half-hour radio interview program, produced entirely by Princeton students. During its multi-year run, the show featured interviews with prominent national figures such as Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Mary Tyler Moore, Ralph Nader, Jimmy Stewart, George Bush, Walter Cronkite and Norman Mailer.
A panel of four students asks Rand questions on a spectrum of topics including:
- Are we moving back towards capitalism?
- Is money an expression of free trade?
- Is money a sign of achievement?
- Is there a limit on the amount of wealth a person needs?
- Who are the top five philosophers of the twentieth century?
- Are the views of sex in your novels scandalous?
- How do you view pre-marital sex?
- What is your view of behavioral psychologists?
- Do you think that the men of intelligence in America will “shrug” like in your novel?
- What do you think about today’s television and films?
- Why do you consider politicians “a sticky puddle of stale syrup?”
- Do you think every man has the right to a job?
- What can you say that you haven’t said before?
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