David Boaz, P.J. O'Rourke, and George Will on the State of Liberty

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🗓️ 29 May 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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What is the state of liberty in America? Is liberty increasing or decreasing? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic about the future? This week EconTalk features David Boaz, P.J. O'Rourke, and George Will discussing these questions and more with EconTalk host Russ Roberts in front of a live audience at the Cato Institute.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:08.5	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:13.1	Our website is econtalk.org, where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find
0:18.1	links and other information related to today's conversation.
0:21.0	You'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done
0:25.2	going back to 2006.
0:27.5	Our email address is mailadycontalk.org.
0:30.0	We'd love to hear from you.
0:34.5	Today is May 7th, 2017, and this episode of e-contalk is being recorded in front of a live
0:39.7	audience in Washington, DC, and honor of the 40th anniversary of the Cato Institute.
0:45.3	Our topic is the past, present, and future of Liberty, and to talk about it, we have three
0:49.8	special guests.
0:51.4	Guests, David Bose is executive vice president of the Cato Institute and the author of the
0:56.0	Libertarian Mind manifesto for freedom and the editor of the Libertarian reader, David
1:00.4	welcome to e-contalk.
1:02.1	P.J. O'Rourke is the author of numerous books, including the near-time number one best
1:06.2	seller, Give War a Chance.
1:08.4	His latest book is How the Helded This Happened, the election of 2016, P.J., welcome to e-contalk.
1:15.4	And George Will is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, author of numerous books, and
1:20.6	according to Wikipedia, he's not only been referenced in Dunesbury, Saturday Night
1:24.3	Live in Seinfeld, but he is a former guest of e-contalk in 2011.
1:29.5	George, welcome back to e-contalk.
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