# Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/videos/radicals-capitalism-freewheeling-history-modern-american-libertarian-movement>

**By** Brian Doherty, David Boaz, E. J. Dionne Jr.

**Published:** March 22, 2007

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_Radicals for Capitalism_ will take its place alongside other key books about American ideological and political movements.

Featuring the author, Brian Doherty; with comments by E. J. Dionne Jr., Columnist, _Washington Post_, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; and moderator David Boaz, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute, Author, _Libertarianism: A Primer_. For the first time, the history of the modern libertarian movement is presented in one comprehensive book. _Reason_ editor Brian Doherty has pored through archives across the country and conducted dozens of interviews. The result is a book that moves smoothly from the ideas of Ludwig von Mises, Ayn Rand, and F. A. Hayek to the growth of libertarian think tanks to the factional feuds within the Libertarian Party. Every reader, no matter how well informed, will learn things from this book. _Radicals for Capitalism_ will take its place alongside other key books about American ideological and political movements.