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Government and Politics. Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice What is freedom?

Government and Politics

How is freedom related to justice, law, property, peace, and prosperity? Tom Palmer has spent a lifetime-as a scholar, teacher, journalist, and activist-asking and answering these questions. This expanded paperback edition of the widely acclaimed Realizing Freedom adds even greater depth and dimension to the book, with newly added essays that confirm Palmer’s role as one of liberty’s most articulate advocates.

The essays in this volume are drawn from his decades of work on the theory of justice, democracy and limited government, and globalization, among many other topics. Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. Independent Voting. Politics and Elections. OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics. Americans for Campaign Reform. We are a community of citizens who believe passionately that public funding is the single most critical long-term public policy issue our nation faces.

Americans for Campaign Reform

What’s at stake are nothing less than the health of our democracy, the quality of our leadership, and our government’s ability to tackle the serious problems that affect us all: health care, energy policy, education, the environment and the economy. Clearly, incumbents have an interest in keeping the current system in place — because it keeps them in place. It will take a powerful, non-partisan, grassroots movement to demand their support for a new kind of politics in America. Vision We have a vision of a better America, and a return to a more responsive, participatory democracy.