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# Why Liberty: Your Life, Your Choices, Your Future 

September 2013 • Published By Jameson 

By [Tom G. Palmer](https://www.cato.org/people/tom-g-palmer) 

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##### About the Editor 

Tom G. Palmer is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, the vice president for International Programs at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, and the general director of the Atlas Global Initiative for Free Trade, Peace, and Prosperity. He received his doctorate in politics from Oxford University.