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# *Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement*

(PublicAffairs, 2007)

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Date and Time 

March 22, 2007 12 - 2 PM EDT 

Location 

Auditorium/Wintergarden 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring the author, **Brian Doherty**; with comments by **E. J. Dionne Jr.**, Columnist, *Washington Post*, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; and moderator **David Boaz**, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute, Author, *Libertarianism: A Primer*. 

For the first time, the history of the modern libertarian movement is presented in one comprehensive book. *Reason* editor Brian Doherty has pored through archives across the country and conducted dozens of interviews. The result is a book that moves smoothly from the ideas of Ludwig von Mises, Ayn Rand, and F. A. Hayek to the growth of libertarian think tanks to the factional feuds within the Libertarian Party. Every reader, no matter how well informed, will learn things from this book. *Radicals for Capitalism* will take its place alongside other key books about American ideological and political movements. Don’t miss the unveiling of this impressive book.

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