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David Boaz
Executive Vice President
Cato's executive vice president David Boaz has played a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the libertarian movement. He is a provocative commentator and a leading authority on domestic issues such as education choice, drug legalization, the growth of government, and the rise of libertarianism. He is the author of Libertarianism: A Primer, described by the Los Angeles Times as "a well-researched manifesto of libertarian ideas," the editor of The Libertarian Reader, and coeditor of the Cato Handbook For Policymakers. Boaz is the former editor of New Guard magazine and was executive director of the Council for a Competitive Economy prior to joining Cato in 1981. His articles have been published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, National Review, and Slate. He is a frequent guest on national television and radio shows, and has appeared on ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, CNN's Crossfire, NPR's Talk of the Nation and All Things Considered, John McLaughlin's One on One, Fox News Channel, BBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other media. His latest book is The Politics of Freedom.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: dboaz@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"Introduction," Chapter 1 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Cultural Agencies," Chapter 25 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"The War on Drugs," Chapter 33 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
The Politics of Freedom: Taking on the Left, the Right, and Threats to Our Liberties, (2008)
"Libertarianism," Encyclopedia Britannica (2007).
Cato Studies
"The Libertarian Vote," by David Boaz and David Kirby, Policy Analysis no. 580, October 18, 2006.
"What Would a School Voucher Buy? The Real Cost of Private Schools," by David Boaz and R. Morris Barrett, Briefing Paper no. 25, March 26, 1996.
"The Reagan Budget: The Deficit that Didn't Have to Be," Policy Analysis no. 13, August 10, 1982.
Articles and Newsletters
"Stop the War, Stop the Spending," Cato Policy Report, July/August 2009.
"Freedom in Crisis," Cato's Letter, vol. 7, no. 3, Summer 2009.
"The Coming Century of Liberty," Cato's Letter, vol. 5, no. 4, Fall 2007.
Opinion and Commentary
"Abandoning Obama?," Detroit Free Press, August 14, 2009
"GOP Needs Fewer Puritans, More Small-Government Conservatives," Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 5, 2009
"Will Specter Turn the Senate Left?," Chicago Tribune, April 30, 2009
"Obama's Shock Doctrine," Guardian, February 12, 2009
"To Cut Government Purse Strings, Just Say No," Investor's Business Daily, February 9, 2009
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Measuring Policy Success," August 13, 2009
"Media Failure?," August 12, 2009
"Obama Channels John Ashcroft," August 12, 2009
"The Rule of Law or the Rule of a Man?," August 11, 2009
"No Consensus on Stimulus," August 11, 2009
Events
"Cato University," July 26-31, 2009 [Conference]
"Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism," May 8, 2008 [Book Forum]
"Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't," August 14, 2007 [Book Forum]
"Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement," March 22, 2007 [Book Forum]
"Remembering Milton Friedman," December 18, 2006 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Speeches and Testimony
"Ending Taxpayer Funding for Public Broadcasting," July 11, 2005
"The Separation of Art and State," May 3, 1995.
Multimedia
David Boaz discusses Democrats and taxes. August 25, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:53]
David Boaz discusses libertarianism and the GOP on FOX's Freedom Watch August 12, 2009 [Flash Video, 07:34]
"Lobbying Is Big Business with Big Government" featuring David Boaz, August 6, 2009 [Flash Audio, 05:28]
David Boaz discusses nannyism and texting while driving on ABC's GMA August 6, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:24]
David Boaz discusses the future of the GOP on WIBA's Upfront with Vicki McKenna July 13, 2009 [Flash Audio, 13:13]