# Liberaltarianism and Trump **URL:** **By** Brink Lindsey, Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus **Published:** January 27, 2017 --- Brink Lindsey joins us this week to talk about an alliance between liberals and libertarians in the age of Trump-style conservative populism. Brink Lindsey joins us this week to talk about his idea for an alliance between liberals and libertarians in the age of Trump-style conservative populism. Where did the idea for liberaltarianism come from? How will Donald Trump’s presidency affect libertarians’ relationship with liberals and progressives? **Show Notes and Further Reading** Here's Brink Lindsey's Vox article, "[Liberals and libertarians should unite to block Trump's extremism](http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/1/17/14287694/liberaltarianism-liberalism-libertarianism-resist-trump-markets-growth)." See also [this article by Lindsey that appeared in the New Republic in 2006](https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/liberaltarians) that first coined the term "liberaltarian." Here's our [previous Free Thoughts episode with Lindsey on income inequality](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/is-income-inequality-a-problem). Lindsey mentions this book, [_The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth_](https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Consequences-Economic-Growth/dp/1400095719/) (2006), by Benjamin M. Friedman. Here is Lindsey's 2015 study, "[Low-Hanging Fruit Guarded by Dragons: Reforming Regressive Regulation to Boost U.S. Economic Growth](https://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/low-hanging-fruit-guarded-dragons-reforming-regressive-regulation-boost-us)."