Name: Freedom in FREE FALL?
Uploaded: 2023-04-15T14:00:36+00:00
Duration: 7 min 46 s
Description: The world is considerably less free than it was in January 2020 right before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2022 Human Freedom Index. There's a story that Benjamin Franklin, when asked about

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The world is considerably less free than it was in January 2020 right before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2022 Human Freedom Index.

There's a story that Benjamin Franklin, when asked about the ideal form of government, replied, "A Republic, if you can keep it." The same might be said of the ideal social arrangement: "Freedom, if you can keep it."

Watch the full replay of the conversation with Ian Vásquez, co-author of the Human Freedom Index, with Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller: youtu.be/FabEROTcP0U

Cato Institute and Fraser Institute Human Freedom Index: cato.org/human-freedom-index/2022

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