New at Reason: Jesse Walker on Reasons for Hope

December 17, 2009

There may not seem to be many reasons to cheer in the age of Bush and Obama. From Baghdad to New Orleans and from the Patriot Act to TARP, the last decade sometimes felt like nothing more than a series of colossal government screwups alternating with colossal extensions of government power. But beneath the surface, Managing Editor Jesse Walker argues, there are five significant countervailing trends. Taken together, they offer hope for the fans of freedom, innovation, prosperity, and peace.

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