Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Resurrecting Ayn Rand: Hedge Fund Money Teams Up With Koch & BB&T » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

Resurrecting Ayn Rand: Hedge Fund Money Teams Up With Koch & BB&T » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
"While it has been well known that the oil billionaire, Charles Koch, has been funneling tens of millions of dollars through his foundation into economic programs at public universities and mandating approval of faculty and curriculum in some instances, it has not heretofore been reported that a sweeping partnership in these programs has sprung up between Koch and the southern banking giant, BB&T, the latter corporation mandating that Ayn Rand’s book Atlas Shrugged is taught and distributed to students."