Ideologies / Libertarian / David Boaz
§ The minds · 1953–2024 · United States · Author & Cato VP
David Boaz
The libertarian mind
A clear case for free people and free markets.
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The Cato Institute leader and author whose 'The Libertarian Mind' became the movement's most accessible modern statement of free markets plus civil liberties.
social
Consistently liberal — drug legalisation, marriage equality.
economic
Free enterprise, low taxes, and minimal regulation.
governance
Constitutional limits and civil liberties as one package.
Notable for
- 'The Libertarian Mind'
- Longtime Cato Institute leader
- Fused economic and personal freedom
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