# Multimedia Multimedia --- - [Podcasts](/podcasts) - [Cato Video](/multimedia/cato-video) - [Video Series](/search/category/video-series) - [Events](/multimedia/events) Download: [ Video ](https://fastly-unsigned-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/6039378657001/2e436de1-f3b1-4e80-9732-51d3a7393555/9c57d6e4-b13f-417d-8bd3-01cedb61fa36/main.mp4) [ Video ](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2012/cv-10-17-12-hd.mp4) Cato Video • October 17, 2012 # Matt Kibbe of Freedomworks Discusses the Tea Party Movement [https://​www​.cato​.org/​e​v​e​n​t​.​p​h​p​?​e​v​e​n​t​i​d​=9181](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=9181) The American enterprise system grew to be exceptional because of the principles on which it was built — individual freedom, decentralized knowledge, and accountable, constitutionally limited government. But, says Matt Kibbe, politicians in Washington have systematically replaced the dispersed genius of America with top-down dictates and expensive schemes designed to expand the power of insiders and protect the privileged positions of politicians, bureaucrats, and their cronies. In his new book, Kibbe proposes a different path. “Decentralized freedom” can return America to its founding values by breaking up centralized government’s monopoly on power and returning it to where it belongs: with We the People. Kibbe exposes the privileged collusion of Washington insiders and maps out a proven plan for how to return power from the self-appointed “experts” back to the people. Kibbe was dubbed by *Newsweek* “one of the Tea Party’s masterminds.” Please join us for a fresh and exciting look at past and coming changes in American politics. [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). ##### Featuring ##### Matthew B. Kibbe