Week of NOVEMBER 11, 2024

THE FUTURE OF LIBERTY WITH GOV. MITCH DANIELS

Check out the newest episode of The Future of Liberty with Governor Mitch Daniels with Reason magazine's Senior Editor Stephanie Slade on liberty, virtue, and fusionism!

In this episode, Governor Daniels and Stephanie Slade discuss the history and future of fusionism, and how college students became such big fans of big government. They also consider the contrast between the hopelessness of a static society and the hope and fears of a dynamic one, and they give us some reasons to be hopeful for the future of liberty. Tune in today!

  • The American political shift and public opinion polling (2:02)
  • The roots of fusionism and its modern interpretation (14:18)
  • Youth and the appeal of the administration state (22:27)
  • Limitations in a free market and punishing dynamism (30:43)
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SUGGESTED READINGS


Liberty and Virtue: Frank Meyer’s Fusionism by Stephanie Slade


The fragile equilibrium of technology, liberty and power by Paul Tucker

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A CALL TO LIBERTY

A Call to Liberty is a two-year, 24-part series that strives to reawaken interest in and respect for the Declaration of Independence as we approach its 250th anniversary in July of 2026. Every month. Liberty Fund brings you a slate of fresh content that explores questions related to important themes from the Declaration and considers them in relation to our past, our present, and our future.

Dive into this month's content featuring a lead essay by Alberto Mingardi, a pamphlet commentary essay by Jessica Choppin Roney, and more!
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