Episode 167: Harambe to Trump: 2016 Was the Worst (with David Boaz)
Channel: Libertarianism.org
Date: 2016-12-30

David Boaz joins us to recap 2016. Did we just have the worst year ever in American politics?

Show Notes and Further Reading

Here’s our Free Thoughts episode on Donald Trump with Ben Domenech, recorded after Trump won the Republican primary but before he won the general election.
https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/explaining-rise-donald-trump

Boaz mentions the current issue of Cato Policy Report, which features an article by Tom Palmer on the new resurgence of three threats: identity politics, populist authoritarianism, and radical political Islam.
https://www.cato.org/policy-report/novemberdecember-2016/new-old-challenge-global-anti-libertarianism

Boaz also mentions this article by Conor Friedersdorf, “Tyrant-Proof the White House—Before It’s Too Late.”
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/quick-limit-the-power-that-trump-or-clinton-would-inherit/472743/

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