# [ ](/free-society) Fall 2024 Vol. 1, No. 3 ![Free Society Fall 2024 cover image hero - A crown representing American monarchy](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_3x/public/2024-08/Cover_Crown-HERO.jpg?itok=LxIesoA3) Creating free, open, and civil societies founded on libertarian principles. ### [Cato in the News](https://www.cato.org/free-society/fall-2024/in-the-news) Noteworthy op-eds, TV appearances, and media highlights. ### [Cato Quarterly](https://www.cato.org/free-society/fall-2024/cato-quarterly) Events, publications, and studies. ![](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2024-03/peter-goettler-portrait.png?itok=5uvrGnxs) ## [ A Letter from the President, Peter Goettler ](/free-society/fall-2024/letter-president-peter-goettler) Since I last wrote, we have all lost a champion of liberty and a true leader of libertarianism. And those of us on staff at Cato have lost a colleague and a dear friend. David Boaz passed away in early June after a yearlong battle with cancer. [Read the Letter](/free-society/fall-2024/letter-president-peter-goettler) #### Features [![Cult of the Presidency - Thumbnail](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-09/cover-thumbnail.png?itok=rFbFD52N)](https://www.cato.org/free-society/fall-2024/cult-of-the-presidency) Free Society ### [Cult of the Presidency: America’s Pathological Relationship with Executive Power](/free-society/fall-2024/cult-of-the-presidency) By [Gene Healy](https://www.cato.org/people/gene-healy) Relentless growth in executive power has turned the president into an extraconstitutional figure, capable of forcibly settling America’s most divisive issues with the stroke of a pen. [![CBDC Spells Doom 16x9](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-09/cbdc-spells-doom-16x9.jpg?itok=YPEzlBHh)](https://www.cato.org/free-society/fall-2024/cbdc-spells-doom-financial-privacy) Free Society ### [CBDC Spells Doom for Financial Privacy](/free-society/fall-2024/cbdc-spells-doom-financial-privacy) By [Nicholas Anthony](https://www.cato.org/people/nicholas-anthony) The government has been undermining Americans’ financial privacy for decades. A central bank digital currency would be the final nail in the coffin. #### In This Issue [![Argentina Event Peter Goettler](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-09/fundacion-hilton-0085.jpeg?itok=dkO_VaQl)](https://www.cato.org/free-society/fall-2024/argentina-rediscovers-its-classical-liberal-roots) Free Society ### [Argentina Rediscovers Its Classical Liberal Roots](/free-society/fall-2024/argentina-rediscovers-its-classical-liberal-roots) By [Barbara Galletti Ramírez del Villar](https://www.cato.org/people/barbara-galletti-ramirez-del-villar) Argentine economist Javier Milei was elected president last year on a libertarian platform of slashing taxes, eliminating price controls, deregulating the economy, and dismantling large parts of the state. At a recent Cato Institute conference, several key scholars and policymakers spoke with *Free Society* about his rapid political ascent and the free-market revolution that he promised to voters. [![Free Society - David Boaz Picture 8](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-09/db-pic7.png?itok=Wms9Z7QS)](https://www.cato.org/free-society/fall-2024/a-libertarian-mind) Free Society ### [A Libertarian Mind: David Boaz’s Reflections on the Long Road to Freedom](/free-society/fall-2024/a-libertarian-mind) By [Harrison Moar](https://www.cato.org/people/harrison-moar) In one of David’s final interviews, he reflects on the past and present state of liberty while offering hope for the future. [![Free Society - David Boaz Picture 5](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-09/a-libertarian-mind-picture-5%20Cropped.jpg?itok=tjskkNOm)](https://www.cato.org/free-society/fall-2024/remembering-david-boaz) Free Society ### [Remembering David Boaz: Colleagues and Friends Share Their Memories](/free-society/fall-2024/remembering-david-boaz) [![Free Society - Economics of Bad Ideas Thumbnail](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-09/economics-fs-thumbnail.png?itok=KnR4KbWE)](https://www.cato.org/free-society/fall-2024/economics-bad-ideas) Free Society ### [The Economics of Bad Ideas](/free-society/fall-2024/economics-bad-ideas) By [Romina Boccia](https://www.cato.org/people/romina-boccia), [Chris Edwards](https://www.cato.org/people/chris-edwards), [Scott Lincicome](https://www.cato.org/people/scott-lincicome), & [Travis Fisher](https://www.cato.org/people/travis-fisher) Our politics are awash in economic illiteracy, with no shortage of bad ideas streaming out of the US Capitol and filling the airwaves. [![Free Society - MISCO Station](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-09/free-society-protectionism-article-pic-1.jpg?itok=fqT9wTzW)](https://www.cato.org/free-society/fall-2024/the-paradox-of-protectionism) Free Society ### [The Paradox of Protectionism: How Tariffs Hurt the Businesses They’re Supposed to Help](/free-society/fall-2024/the-paradox-of-protectionism) By [Paul Best](https://www.cato.org/people/paul-best) [![Free Society - Meet the next Generation Hosner - Thumbnail](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-09/fs-hosner-thumbnail.png?itok=f6SP8gdV)](https://www.cato.org/free-society/fall-2024/meet-next-generation-addison-hosner) Free Society ### [Meet the Next Generation: Addison Hosner](/free-society/fall-2024/meet-next-generation-addison-hosner) By [Josh Hardman](https://www.cato.org/people/josh-hardman) The chief operating officer of Young Voices reflects on his time as a Cato intern. [![Free Society - Colin White Thumbnail](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-09/fs-white-thumbnail.png?itok=IlnmQ3DM)](https://www.cato.org/free-society/fall-2024/art-science-persuasion) Free Society ### [The Art (and Science) of Persuasion: Colin White Elevates Libertarian Policy Solutions](/free-society/fall-2024/art-science-persuasion) By Brian Mullis [![Free Society - Last Word Greedflation Myth - Thumbnail](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-09/fs-last-word-greeflation-thumbnail.png?itok=9Uq-Vpsz)](https://www.cato.org/free-society/last-word-busting-greedflation-myth) Free Society ### [Last Word: Busting the “Greedflation” Myth](/free-society/last-word-busting-greedflation-myth) By [Ryan Bourne](https://www.cato.org/people/ryan-bourne) Blaming business is simply a convenient means of diverting attention from inflation’s real culprits: policymakers in Washington. ### Never miss a beat. 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