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Cato Video • April 25, 2012 

# William A. Niskanen, A Life Well Lived 

This video was presented at a memorial service for William A. Niskanen held April 12, 2012 at the Cato Institute. 

Niskanen’s “Reflections of a Political Economist” is available free online: [https://​www​.cato​.org/​r​e​f​l​e​c​t​i​o​n​s​-​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​a​l​-​e​c​o​n​o​mist/](https://www.cato.org/reflections-political-economist/) 

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