Episode 11: Putting 2020 into perspective… doesn’t actually make us feel any better
Free to Offend Episode 11
It’s the best time of the year! And, this year, that doesn’t mean Christmas, or Hannukah, or Kwanza, or some obscure Pagan ritual recognizing the Winter Solstice, or any other religious holiday…
Instead, the best part of this year is the end of it.
Economist Don Boudreaux (CafeHayek.com) joins the show to help put the absurdity of 2020 into perspective before the new year… which didn’t really help Nevada Policy’s Michael Schaus remain optimistic about the short-term future for human and economic freedoms.
In fact, most of 2020 seemed far from a “libertarian moment.” It was basically a year of authoritarianism and petty tyranny. Nonetheless, as Don points out, the ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit of average Americans, who are increasingly getting fed-up with the coronavirus “emergency,” provides us with a real reason for optimism—especially when put into greater context.
So, hallelujah! The year is almost over and—despite plenty of reasons for pessimism—at least some aspects of the future should give us great hope.
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Free to Offend:
A podcast that radically defends free speech by regularly practicing it.
Produced by Nevada Policy Research Institute,
featuring Nevada Policy’s Michael Schaus and Robert Fellner.
