# Tracking Freedom with the Human Sciences, Part 1

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/tracking-freedom-with-the-human-sciences-part-1>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** July 20, 2016

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George H. Smith discusses the distinction between freedom and coercion, and explains some of its implications for the human sciences.

[Originally published in essay form on November 19, 2013.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/tracking-freedom-human-sciences-part-1)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._