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17:40:58 10/16/12
How Romney and Republicans Can Appeal to Libertarians
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How Romney and Republicans Can Appeal to Libertarians
Mitt Romney is running even now with President Barack Obama in most polls, but all indications suggest this is going to be a tight race. The GOP ticket is going to need every vote it can scrounge up. Even - and especially - from those of us who are independent, libertarian voters who prize "free minds and free markets." As can be seen from its treatment of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) at this year's Republican National Convention in Tampa, the GOP establishment doesn't care much for small-government types until it absolutely has to. Which it does, at least in this election. Here are three ways Romney, Ryan, and the rest of their party-mates might win over at least some of the 10 percent to 15 percent of libertarian-minded voters who want exactly the same thing the GOP says it stands for: sharp reductions in the size, scope, and spending of the federal government. 1. Get serious about cutting spending. 2. Bring home the troops. 3. Stay out of our personal lives. Produced by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie, who also hosts. Approx. 2:15 minutes long. For downloadable versions, full text, and supporting links, go to reason.com Related: How Obama and Democrats Can Appeal to Libertarians www.youtube.com From: ReasonTV Views: 8111 270 ratings Time: 02:16 More in News & Politics
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17:40:50 10/16/12
How Obama and Democrats Can Appeal to Libertarians
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How Obama and Democrats Can Appeal to Libertarians
The 2012 presidential race is likely to be a real squeaker. According to most polls, it's in a tie situation and there's little reason to believe anything is going to change drastically between now and November. If Barack Obama and the Democrats are going to win, they will need every vote they can muster. So maybe the party of stimulus spending, Dodd-Frank, and the broccoli mandate is willing to turn libertarian this time around. To be sure, Obama's economic and regulatory policies have rightly irradiated him with most libertarians, but there's still little love lost among libertarians for the GOP. When they last controlled the White House and Congress, Republicans spent wildly, expanded government at every level, meddled in people's personal choices, and charted a disastrous foreign policy. If the GOP faithful is lukewarm about Mitt Romney, voters who favor less government spending and more social tolerance are even less enthusiastic. So if Obama and the Democrats explicitly move libertarian on some issues, anything could happen. Here are three ways that Obama might win at least some of the 10 percent to 15 percent of libertarian-minded voters who believe in shrinking the size and scope of the federal government. 1. Get Transparent, Right Now! 2. Drug War Is Over, If You Want it 3. Stop "Dumb" Foreign Wars and Cut Defense Spending Produced by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie, who also hosts. Approx. 2 minutes long. For downloadable versions, full text, and supporting ... From: ReasonTV Views: 6990 250 ratings Time: 02:02 More in News & Politics
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17:29:22 10/15/12
The Exonerated: True Stories of Innocents Sprung From Death Row
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The Exonerated: True Stories of Innocents Sprung From Death Row
"This play is neither left-wing nor right-wing. We don't have an agenda, our job is to stay out of the way and just let the people tell their stories," says Erik Jensen, co-author (with wife Jessica Blank) of The Exonerated, a one-act documentary play depicting the true-life experiences of exonerated Death Row prisoners. The Exonerated is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a limited run at the Culture Project in New York City. Jensen and Blank talk with Reason TV's Anthony L. Fisher about how the play influenced former Gov. George Ryan's decision to commute the sentences of Illinois' Death Row prisoners to life imprisonment, the support of the Innocence Project, and what life is like for freed prisoners upon returning to society. The play is directed by actor Bob Balaban and runs through December 2nd, 2012. The Exonerated features a rotating cast including Broadway regulars and well-known performers such as Stockard Channing, Brain Dennehy, Steve Earle, Marg Helgenberger, Christine Lahti, Delroy Lindo, Lyle Lovett, Michael McKean, Joe Morton, Chris Sarandon, Martin Short, and Trudie Styler. The cast also includes two exonerated prisoners playing themselves: Kerry Max Cook and Sunny Jacobs. About 4.30 minutes. Produced by Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Jim Epstein. Visit reason.com for downloadable versions and visit youtube.com/reasontv to subscribe to our videos. From: ReasonTV Views: 4336 143 ratings Time: 04:27 More in News & Politics
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14:23:58 10/14/12
Short Skirts and Bear Markets: An Interview with Stock Market Analyst Robert Prechter
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Short Skirts and Bear Markets: An Interview with Stock Market Analyst Robert Prechter
"At some point I think we are going to see people hate stocks and say they will never buy a plot of land again for the rest of their lives," says author and stock market analyst Robert Prechter, "and it will be one of the greatest buying opportunities of all time." Reason magazine's Matt Welch sat down with Prechter at FreedomFest 2012 to discuss the stock market, socionomics, and how hemlines can explain and predict economic booms and busts. Held each July in Las Vegas, FreedomFest is attended by around 2000 limited-government enthusiasts and libertarians a year. ReasonTV spoke with over two dozen speakers and attendees and will be releasing interviews over the coming weeks. For an ever-growing playlist, go here now: www.youtube.com About 10 minutes. Camera by Tracy Oppenheimer and Alex Manning; edited by Sharif Matar. From: ReasonTV Views: 6576 122 ratings Time: 10:08 More in News & Politics
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18:47:17 10/13/12
Damon Root on 3 Supreme Court Cases to Watch in 2013
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Damon Root on 3 Supreme Court Cases to Watch in 2013
The Supreme Court is back in session with major decisions coming on affirmative action, the scope of the takings clause, and the use of drug detection dogs by police. How's the court expected rule in 2013 on these cases and what are the likely implications of its decisions? Reason Senior Editor Damon Root breaks down the new Supreme Court term. Produced by Joshua Swain; with help from Amanda Winkler. About 3 minutes. Visit www.reason.tv for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic updates when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 6126 181 ratings Time: 02:59 More in News & Politics
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14:40:08 10/13/12
Journalist Andrew Malcolm on Embracing New Media
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Journalist Andrew Malcolm on Embracing New Media
"I got a lot of antipathy [in the newsroom] when I got excited about online," says veteran journalist Andrew Malcolm. Reason magazine's Nick Gillespie sat down with Malcolm at FreedomFest 2012 to discuss "legacy journalism" and the future of media. Andrew Malcolm is an online national politics columnist for Investors Business Daily. Held each July in Las Vegas, FreedomFest is attended by around 2000 limited-government enthusiasts and libertarians a year. Reason TV spoke with over two dozen speakers and attendees and will be releasing interviews over the coming weeks. For an ever-growing playlist, go here now: www.youtube.com About 6 minutes. Camera by Tracy Oppenheimer and Alex Manning; edited by Sharif Matar. From: ReasonTV Views: 3448 107 ratings Time: 06:10 More in News & Politics
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17:40:16 10/12/12
John Goodman on Curing the Health Care Crisis
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John Goodman on Curing the Health Care Crisis
"The problem is that we've so completely surpressed the marketplace in healthcare that none of us ever sees a real price for anything," says economist John Goodman. Reason magazine's Matt Welch sat down with Goodman at FreedomFest 2012 to discuss solutions to healthcare discussed in Goodman's book, "Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis." Held each July in Las Vegas, FreedomFest is attended by around 2000 limited-government enthusiasts and libertarians a year. ReasonTV spoke with over two dozen speakers and attendees and will be releasing interviews over the coming weeks. For an ever-growing playlist, go here now: www.youtube.com About 4:11 minutes. Camera by Tracy Oppenheimer and Alex Manning; edited by Paul Detrick. From: ReasonTV Views: 5637 174 ratings Time: 04:13 More in News & Politics
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17:22:59 10/11/12
Russ Roberts: Why Keynesians Always Get it Wrong (and Most Economists Too)
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Russ Roberts: Why Keynesians Always Get it Wrong (and Most Economists Too)
"Economics as practiced by most of the profession...is full of hubris and should be much more full of humility," says former George Mason University economist Russ Roberts, NPR commentator, host of the popular podcast Econ Talk, blogger at Cafe Hayek, and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. Throughout the fiscal crisis, Roberts has attacked economic stimulus plans promulgated by left-of-center Keynesians and right-of-center monetarists. Such plans, he says, almost always fail to deliver the desired results because they're predicated on a fundamentally flawed understanding of "the economy" as a single entity that can be directed one way or another. Which isn't to say that there aren't better or worse policies to follow. We may not be able to control the economy says Roberts, but we can make it easier for it to function by following what he calls "general principles that are pretty timeless" such as a government that lives within its means and investors who are held accountable when their investments go bust.Reason TV's Nick Gillespie sat down with Roberts to discuss the failure of macroeconomics, his move from the free-market bastion George Mason University to Hoover Institution, and his new online project, "The Numbers Game." About 6 minutes. Produced by Joshua Swain, with help from Amanda Winkler. Go to Reason.tv for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 12043 302 ratings Time: 06:09 More in News & Politics
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16:11:55 10/10/12
Ai WeiWei, Pussy Riot and the Power of Punk Art: An Interview with James Panero
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Ai WeiWei, Pussy Riot and the Power of Punk Art: An Interview with James Panero
"In the case, recently, of Ai WeiWei and Pussy Riot...what differentiates this new form of political art? I realized that they have a punk aesthetic," says James Panero, Managing Editor of New Criterion, to Reason TV's Kennedy. The protest art created by the Chinese artist and the all-female Russian perforamnce art collective bear the idioms of punk as well as it's defiant anti-authoritarian streak, according to Panero. He believes their art is "having a real effect" as the "conscience of reform" against the authoritarian governments under which they live. About 4.33 minutes. Produced by Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Jim Epstein and Fisher. Visit reason.com for downloadable versions and visit youtube.com/reasontv to subscribe to our videos. From: ReasonTV Views: 4184 155 ratings Time: 04:33 More in News & Politics
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19:20:30 10/09/12
Marginal Revolution University: Q&A with Alex Tabarrok
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Marginal Revolution University: Q%A with Alex Tabarrok
"The cost of education is going up. And we think that the online tools are going to allow people, including us, to do it - not just at a lower monetary cost - but at a lower time cost as well," says Alex Tabarrok, professor of Economics at George Mason University. Alex has helped launch a new online university called Marginal Revolution University (MRU). Reason TV's Nick Gillespie talks with Alex about the future of online education at Marginal Revolution University. About 4:30 minutes. Produced by Amanda Winkler. Camera by Meredith Bragg and Jim Epstein Scroll down for downloadable versions and subscribe to ReasonTV's YouTube Channel to receive notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 5299 134 ratings Time: 04:40 More in News & Politics
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16:24:23 10/08/12
The Cast of Atlas Shrugged Part II Talks Film's Impact
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The Cast of Atlas Shrugged Part II Talks Film's Impact
"The book was incredibly informative for me," says actress Samantha Mathis who plays Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged Part II, "in terms of figuring out [Dagny's] backstory and where she came from, and why she believed what she believed, and what her relationships were." ReasonTV correspondent Kennedy spoke with Mathis and other cast members at the film's Hollywood Premiere on Oct. 5 to find out how they connected with their characters and the themes portrayed in the movie. Atlas Shrugged Part II, the second of three films based on Ayn Rand's controversial 1957 novel, hits theaters nationwide on Friday, October 12, 2012. (For more information on the film, go to atlasshruggedmovie.com) About 3 minutes. Produced by Tracy Oppenheimer. Camera by Paul Detrick. Scoll down for downloadable versions, and watch Reason TV's Ayn Rand playlist at http From: ReasonTV Views: 7905 159 ratings Time: 02:51 More in News & Politics
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21:47:04 10/07/12
Really Good Reasons to Skip College: Q&A with Blake Boles
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Really Good Reasons to Skip College: Q%A with Blake Boles
"If you're undecided, if you just want to go for the social experience, if you just want to move away from home, if you want to generally explore the liberal arts, I think that all those things can be done much more cheaply, effectively, and, again, building more of an entrepreneurial spirit by taking a path that is not traditional college." Reason TV sat down with Blake Boles to discuss his controversial book, Better Than College, which makes the case for education through entrepreneurship. Outside of the hard sciences, a degree may or may not guarantee success and may hinder innovation in some cases. Rather than endure the financial stress of five figure student debt, Boles suggests employing creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit to create something of value for the world. Duration 5:03 Produced by Zach Weissmueller. Go to reason.com for downloadable versions of all our videos. Subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube Channel and receive automatic notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 10708 365 ratings Time: 05:03 More in News & Politics
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15:19:37 10/06/12
Freedomain Radio's Stefan Molyneux on the Inevitable Growth of the State
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Freedomain Radio's Stefan Molyneux on the Inevitable Growth of the State
"Even if we did achieve what we wanted with a very small state, we'd just be resetting the clock back to 1776 and it would roll forward exactly the same way again," says Free Domain Radio's Stefan Molyneux. Reason magazine's Matt Welch sat down with Molyneux at FreedomFest 2012 and discussed why he thinks the libertarian ideal of a small state will inevitably grow, and why the absence of any form of the state is the only answer. "If you look at America, which was the experiment of the smallest conceivable government, what grows out of that is the largest government the world has ever seen," says Molyneux. Held each July in Las Vegas, FreedomFest is attended by around 2000 limited-government enthusiasts and libertarians a year. ReasonTV spoke with over two dozen speakers and attendees and will be releasing interviews over the coming weeks. For an ever-growing playlist, go here now: www.youtube.com About 5:30 minutes. Camera by Tracy Oppenheimer and Alex Manning; edited by Oppenheimer. Go to reason.com for downloadable versions of this video. From: ReasonTV Views: 8390 539 ratings Time: 05:33 More in News & Politics
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13:51:14 10/05/12
Helicopter Parents vs. Free Range Kids: Q&A with "America's Worst Mom" Lenore Skenazy
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Helicopter Parents vs. Free Range Kids: Q%A with "America's Worst Mom" Lenore Skenazy
"If you google 'America's worst mom,' I'm there for 68...pages," says Lenore Skenazy, proprietor of the controversial parenting site Free-Range Kids, a book of the same title, and a syndicated columnist for Creators. Since 2009, Skenazy has been waging a non-stop battle against helicopter parents, nanny-state nuisances, and a media consumed by scare stories about everything from child abduction to food additives to sports injuries. The result is what Skenazy calls "'worst-first thinking,' which is coming up with the worst thing that could possibly happen and then proceeding as if it's likely to happen." Such a mind-set culminates in over-protective parents and a society that insulates children that has turned childhood from a time of fun and exploration into a version of 24-hour lockdown. "You have to admit that there's a little bit of risk in everything and that there's never been a safer time to be a child on this planet," says Skenazy. Reason TV correspondent Kennedy sat down with Skenazy to discuss why "you don't have to worry to be a good parent." About 4.30 minutes. Produced by Joshua Swain. Camera by Jim Epstein and Anthony Fisher. Scroll below for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 18023 482 ratings Time: 04:33 More in News & Politics
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15:14:46 10/04/12
Why US Health Care Costs More Than Canada's: "A Mercedes Costs More than a Corolla"
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Why US Health Care Costs More Than Canada's: "A Mercedes Costs More than a Corolla"
"The American [health care] system is more expensive than the Canadian system," says Michel Kelly-Gagnon, president of the Montreal Economic Institute. "To that, I answer that a Mercedes is indeed more expensive than a Toyota Corolla." "Thank god for that," he says, explaining that innovation depends on early adopters who are far more likely to be well-off and pay high rates for new and better options. That doesn't mean only the rich benefit, though. "Certain treatments that are only available to the richest people," he says, "will eventually become more economical and the whole world will benefit." Kelly-Gagnon says that some variation on universal coverage is already a "political reality" in most developed countries, where citizens don't let large numbers of people die from curable diseases. But the focus on coverage rates obscures the problems created by single-payer systems such as Canada's, where costs are kept down via rationing and long wait times for services taken for granted in the United States. "Once you've established that [universal coverage] is how it's going to be," says Kelly-Gagnon, the real question is "how do you find more private solutions" that will serve more people at better rates. About 3.20 minutes. Produced by Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Josh Swain. Visit reason.com for downloadable versions and visit youtube.com/reasontv to subscribe to our videos. From: ReasonTV Views: 15217 431 ratings Time: 03:22 More in News & Politics
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03:18:04 10/04/12
After Debate Hangout
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After Debate Hangout
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10/16/12