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A discussion with the founder of the Free State Project, Jason Sorens.
In this episode, Jonathan Fortier talks with Jason Sorens, Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute of Economic Research and Founder of the Free State Project. They discuss the origins and purposes of the Free State Project, the question of secession, the lessons that other American states might learn from the FSP, analogues with other secessionist movements around the world, and then turn to a discussion of the Cato-supported publication, “Freedom in the 50 States.”
Jason Sorens link to AIER: https://www.aier.org/people/jason-sorens/
The Free State Project: https://www.fsp.org/
Jason Sorens CV: https://www.statepolicyindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cv_jps.pdf
Freedom in the 50 States: https://www.freedominthe50states.org/
Jason Sorens, PhD, is senior research Fellow at AIER. He is also principal investigator on the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas. Jason was formerly the director of the Center for Ethics in Society at Saint Anselm College. He has researched and written more than twenty peer‐reviewed journal articles, a book for McGill‐Queens University Press titled Secessionism, and a biennially revised book for the Cato Institute, Freedom in the 50 States (with William Ruger).
His research is focused on housing policy and land-use regulation, US state politics, fiscal federalism, and movements for regional autonomy and independence around the world. He has taught at Yale, Dartmouth, and the University at Buffalo and twice won awards for best teaching in his department. He lives in Amherst, New Hampshire.