# The Public School Monopoly: America's Berlin Wall?

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/videos/public-school-monopoly-americas-berlin-wall>

**By** David Boaz

**Published:** June 26, 1991

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In this video from 1991, David Boaz speaks about public schooling at a Libertarian Party of California conference.

David Boaz is the executive vice president of the Cato Institute and the author of _Libertarianism: A Primer_ and _The Libertarian Reader_.

In this video from 1991, Boaz speaks about public schooling at a Libertarian Party of California conference. He evaluates how poorly state schooling educates children and identifies other problems with the system, explains why more spending never fixes these inherent problems, and proposes solutions that would introduce competition in education.