This is Tuesday, December 5th, and I'm Anastasia Yglova, your host.

You're listening to Cato Daily Podcast. In a feature essay that ran in this week's New Republic magazine, Cato's Vice President for Research, Brink Lindsay opines that the Libertarian

Disaffection from the Republican Party requires a rethinking of the traditional

Libertarian Alliance with Conservatives.

In his article, Brink offers a progressive manifesto for a new alliance with

liberals.

We discuss his proposal in today's podcast.

I think that most people would agree with you that if some sort of a realignment away from conservatives

and closer to liberals were to happen that moment is now. But isn't that just

training one flawed alliance for another? Sure. I think libertarians should stick to their principles and stick to making their case for their point of view, no matter what political alliances happen to be working.

But for a long time libertarians have had

influence in the real world through talking with conservative

policymakers. In recent years it has seemed that conservatism has lost interest

in limited government principles.

And so if there's any chance at making inroads

on the other side and talking with liberals who are

open to moving in a libertarian direction,

then I think that's very much worth exploring

and particularly at this time.

Is there a common intellectual and policymaking history between Democrats and libertarians?

Well I think the common ground between liberals and libertarians is made most obvious when you consider the fact that many libertarians refer to themselves as classical liberals.

So both liberals and libertarians come out of the common liberal political tradition of John

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