This special history in the history of the world. Rose separated by oceans. Obama doesnt believe that. He believes that our exceptionalism resides in two things. First, the unbelievable gift of becoming the essentially the brain child of a group of enlightenment era philosophers who developed a constitution. Number one. And number two, that we are a country that has advanced largely due to social movements of great importance. Rose and we continue with Sebastian Mallaby who has written about Alan Greenspan in a much praised book called the man who knew, the life and times of Alan Greenspan. Green span was extremely persuasive and comfortable in oneonone situations. But he was also shy and difficult i dent in group, he didnt like confrontation, he was frightened going directly to people with disagreement. We go around their backs. We leak to the press, be passive aggressive am but to prik a bubble, you had to be able to take on the entire Public Opinion am you had to say your 401 k is w
This special history in the history of the world. Rose separated by oceans. Obama doesnt believe that. He believes that our exceptionalism resides in two things. First, the unbelievable gift of becoming the essentially the brain child of a group of enlightenment era philosophers who developed a constitution. Number one. And number two, that we are a country that has advanced largely due to social movements of great importance. Rose and we continue with Sebastian Mallaby who has written about Alan Greenspan in a much praised book called the man who knew, the life and times of Alan Greenspan. Green span was extremely persuasive and comfortable in oneonone situations. But he was also shy and difficult i dent in group, he didnt like confrontation, he was frightened going directly to people with disagreement. We go around their backs. We leak to the press, be passive aggressive am but to prik a bubble, you had to be able to take on the entire Public Opinion am you had to say your 401 k is w
This to do boaz presents his thoughts on libertarianism and discusses its popularity in the u. S. Today. We are excited to have with us this morning our speaker this morning david boaz the executive Vice President of the Cato Institute. Hes played a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and Libertarian Movement and is the author of this new book the liberitarian mind the manifesto for freedom, hes a provocative commentator and authority on domestic issues such as Education Choice and a very authorization of the secondary act, drug legalization, the growth of government, the rise of libertarianism. Hes the former editor of the magazine with executive director of the council for competitive economy. Prior to joining cato hes written lots of different publications of other books including the politics of freedom and the cato handbook for policymakers. Hes written many articles in the wall street journal, New York Times etc. Frequent commentator on national television. As an ex
Were excited to have with us this morning our speaker this morning, david boaz, hes the executive Vice President of the Cato Institute. Hes play ared a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the lib earntarian libertarian movement. Hes the author of this new book thelibertarian mind. Hes a provocative commentator and a leading authority on nest inissues such as domestic issues and as an aside, the house this week is taking up the reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education act, drug legalization, the growth of government, the rise of libertarianism. Hes the former editor of of new guard magazine, was executive director of the council for a competitive economy. Prior to joining cato. Hes written lots of different publications, his other books include the politics of freedom and the cato handbook for policymaker. Hes been in the New York Times, Washington Post etc. Frequent commentator on national television. And just as an example of davids thinking heres a
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