david boaz DAVID BOAZ is the executive vice president of the Cato Institute, and the author of Libertarianism: A Primer, published in 1997 by the Free Press; and the editor of The Libertarian Reader: Classic and Contemporary Writings from Lao-Tsu to Milton Friedman, an anthology of manifestos published in the same year. Both works are available from Laissez Faire Books, which is the premier source of books on liberty in the world.