In this video, a panel of experts analyzes the high and low points experienced by freedom during the last half century. Their observations focus on the United States and Latin America and draw on their many years of experience at the Cato Institute, Liberty Fund, and the Foundation for Economic Education. The specific topics explored in this discussion include the distinction between liberty and democracy, the welfare state, the influence of the United States abroad, and the role of technology and new media outlets in promoting the cause of freedom around the world. The influence of specific institutions, including the United Nations and the Catholic church, are also examined. The discussion ends with a look at the serious consequences resulting from the deterioration of the rule of law during the last fifty years.
About the panelists
Mary Anastasia O'Grady is a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board and editor of the “Americas,” a weekly column that deals with politics, economics, and business in Latin America and Canada.
Edward Crane is founder and president of the Cato Institute, a financial analyst, and former vicepresident at Alliance Capital Management Corp. He is also coeditor of several books and publisher of Regulation magazine.
Emilio Pacheco is executive vicepresident and COO of Liberty Fund, Inc. Previously, he was senior research fellow for the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University and head of information services at the Banco Central de Venezuela.
Lawrence Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and president emeritus of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. He has written numerous articles that have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, and others.
The Progress of Freedom: The Last 50 Years of Freedom Acton Institute
Juan Bautista Gutierrez Auditorium Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala, November 16, 2009
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Content
Initial credits
Introduction by Mary Anastasia O'Grady
Presentation of the panel
Edward H. Crane
American experience
The New Deal
Individual liberty
Neoconservative movement
Supply-side movement
Phenomenon in the United States
Emilio J. Pacheco
History of freedom in Latin America
Cuban Revolution
The armed struggle
End of the Cold War
Carlos Menem
Carlos Andrés Pérez
Washington Consensus
Return of Fidel Castro
General conclusions
Democracy
Results of the Washington Consensus
Future of liberty
Lawrence W. Reed
Freedom in the last half century
Loss of liberty
Personal story
Question and answer period
Entitlements in the welfare state
Crane, Tony Blair
Economic growth
Pacheco, Latin America
Servile state
Reed, long-term liabilities
Immorality of the state programs
How influential is the UN in promoting the welfare state and government intervention in markets?
What terms should be used when referring to a capitalism system?
Has there been a failure in democracy in the past fifty years?
Reed, politicians
Pacheco, Venezuela
Crane, principle of nonaggression
Are there beacons of freedom outside the United States? What contribution can technology make to freedom?
Crane, technology at UFM
Reed, India
Crane, China
Pacheco, Latin America
What elements had a great influence on the progress of freedom in the last fifty years?
Pacheco, Catholic church
Crane, media
Reed, popular culture
Antz movie
Is freedom the basis of a society or the result of a particular aspect of a society?
What has happened to the rule of law during the last fifty years?
Final words
Final credits
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