July 9, 2007 10:43AM 

# Brink Lindsey on “The Libertarian Center” 

By [Will Wilkinson](https://www.cato.org/people/will-wilkinson) 

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The July issue of *Cato Unbound* hits virtual newsstands this morning with Cato VP for research Brink Lindsey’s new essay elaborating his argument in *[The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America’s Politics and Culture](http://www.amazon.com/Age-Abundance-Prosperity-Transformed-Americas/dp/0060747668)* that the culture wars are over and a vaguely libertarian consensus is the result. While recognizing that principled libertarianism doesn’t have a significant constituency, Lindsey argues that the soft libertarian synthesis constrains the Democrats and Republicans as they seek to cobble together working political majorities. Keep your browsers pointed to *Cato Unbound:* Jonah Goldberg of *National Review* has first whack at Brink on Wednesday.

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