Editing David Boaz (section)

==Career==
Boaz eventually parted with the conservative movement, and worked on [[Ed Clark]]'s campaigns for governor of California in [[1978 California gubernatorial election|1978]] and for president in [[1980 United States presidential election|1980]].<ref name = Roberts/> Around this time, he joined the [[Cato Institute]].<ref name = Roberts/>

He was the author of ''Libertarianism: A Primer'', published in 1997 by the [[Free Press (publisher)|Free Press]] and described in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' as "a well-researched manifesto of libertarian ideas."<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-19-bk-19962-story.html
|title= Neither Left Nor Right: 'Libertarianism: A Primer'
|last1= Franzen
|first1= Don
|date= January 19, 1997
|work= [[Los Angeles Times]]
|access-date=April 25, 2014}}</ref> He was also the editor of ''The Libertarian Reader'' and co-editor of the ''Cato Handbook for Congress'' (2003) and the ''Cato Handbook on Policy'' (2005). He frequently discussed on national television and radio shows such topics as [[School choice|education choice]], the growth of government, the [[ownership society]], his support of [[drug legalization]] as a consequence of the individual right to [[self-determination]],<ref>{{cite news | first1 = David | last1 = Boaz | url = https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/drug-legalization-right-control-body | title = Drug Legalization and the Right to Control Your Body | date = October 25, 2007 | publisher = [[Cato Institute]] | access-date = June 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite video | first1 = David | last1 = Boaz | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2eTALTSIQ0 | title = Should drugs be legal?  | website = Youtube | publisher = Think tank with Ben Wattenberg | language = en-US | access-date = June 28, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191213014748/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2eTALTSIQ0 | archive-date = December 13, 2019 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://norml.org/david-boaz/ | title = David Boaz profile on NORML.org | archive-url = https://archive.today/20200628214841/https://norml.org/david-boaz/ | archive-date = June 28, 2020 | url-status = live | access-date = June 28, 2020 }}</ref> a [[non-interventionist]] foreign policy,<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Boaz|first1=David|date=December 22, 2014|title=Cuba, Rand Paul, and a 21st-Century Republican Foreign Policy|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cuba-rand-paul-and-a-21st_b_6365854|access-date=June 29, 2020|website=[[HuffPost]]|language=en}}</ref> and the rise of libertarianism. Boaz said his views were informed by [[classical liberalism]] and opposed to populism.<ref name = Roberts/> He expressed skepticism of party politics and did not join the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]].<ref name = Roberts/>

His articles were also published in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''Los Angeles Times'', ''[[National Review]]'', and ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''.<ref name = Langer/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/podcast/david-boaz-executive-vice-president-cato-institute-author-politics-freedom-79|title=David Boaz, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute; Author, The Politics of Freedom (7/9/2008)|publisher=Commonwealth Club|accessdate=June 13, 2024}}</ref> He appeared on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Politically Incorrect]]'', [[CNN]]'s ''[[Crossfire (U.S. TV program)|Crossfire]]'', [[NPR]]'s ''[[Talk of the Nation]]'' and ''[[All Things Considered]]'', [[Fox News Channel]], [[BBC]], [[Voice of America]] and [[Radio Free Europe]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fVKQAAAAQBAJ&dq=david+boaz+ABC%27s+Politically+Incorrect,+CNN%27s+Crossfire,+NPR%27s+Talk+of+the+Nation+and+All+Things+Considered,+Fox+News+Channel,+BBC,+Voice+of+America,+Radio+Free+Europe,+and+other+media.&pg=PA333|title=The Politics of Freedom|isbn=978-1-933995-26-7 |accessdate=June 13, 2024 |last1=Boaz |first1=David |date=February 25, 2008 |publisher=Cato Institute }}</ref> A graduate of [[Vanderbilt University]], he was once the editor of ''[[Young Americans for Freedom#Publication: The New Guard|The New Guard]]'' magazine and was executive director of the Council for a Competitive Economy prior to joining Cato.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/david-boaz-1953-2004|title=David Boaz 1953–2024|publisher=Adam Smith Institute|accessdate=June 13, 2024}}</ref> In 2022, he retired as executive vice president of Cato and was named a distinguished senior fellow.<ref name = Roberts/> He continued to write and appear on television until shortly before his death.<ref name = Roberts/>