Prime Time for Paul Ryan’s Guru, Friedrich von Hayek

"Ryan has repeatedly suggested that many of his economic ideas were inspired by the work of Friedrich von Hayek, an awkwardly shy (and largely ignored) economist and philosopher who died in 1992"

Most certainly not 'largely ignored' in the UK.

http://www.cps.org.uk/blog/q/date/2012/05/08/happy-birthday-...

http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/commentary/david-camerons-t...

Interesting that the US right wing candidates are beginning to read Hayek. See Ill fares the land by Tony Judt for a polemical response to Hayek's influence in the UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/apr/11/ill-fares-land-t...