--- description: David Boaz is executive vice president of the Cato Institute and author of The Libertarian Mind, to be published by Simon & Schuster on February 10. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # David Boaz ## David Boaz Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close David Boaz is executive vice president of the Cato Institute and author of [_The Libertarian Mind_](http://books.simonandschuster.com/The-Libertarian-Mind/David-Boaz/9781476752846?style=true), to be published by Simon & Schuster on February 10. ## David Boaz Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 27, 2015 ### [Marriage Equality's 'Reign of Terror' Is in the Past—Not the Present](https://time.com/4011363/marriage-equalitys-reign-of-terror-is-in-past-not-present/) Words like 'hatred' and 'persecution' reveal historical amnesia [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 9, 2015 ### [The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, One of America's First Libertarians](https://time.com/3848967/laura-ingalls-wilder-is-back/) The Little House on the Prairie author was a sort of libertarian matriarch [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 5, 2015 ### [Libertarianism Is on the Verge of a Political Breakout](https://time.com/3695448/rand-paul-libertarianism-political-breakout/) The spotlight on Rand Paul may help more Americans fully embrace their libertarian ideals [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/david-boaz/","name":"David Boaz"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-boaz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-boaz/"},"name":"David Boaz","jobTitle":null,"description":"David Boaz is executive vice president of the Cato Institute and author of The Libertarian Mind, to be published by Simon & Schuster on February 10.","url":"https://time.com/author/david-boaz/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```