{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e3852cbdb67c0f94f393857/5e38537d94ec4b4a36d44851?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Rise of the Independents","description":"<p>Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie have noted an emerging group of people who, having been accustomed to a panoply of choice in every other aspect of their lives, are abandoning America’s two-party system in droves.</p><p>Is this growing movement of independents a cause for optimism among libertarians? Are we in for a better, more libertarian era than ever before? Or should we be skeptical of this kind of optimism, given the growth of the federal government in recent years?</p><p>Together Matt and Nick are the authors of the 2011 book, <a style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\" href=\"http://amzn.to/1f9YDIO\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">“The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics can Fix What’s Wrong with America.”</a></p><p><strong>Show Notes and Further Reading:</strong></p><p><a href=\"http://amzn.to/1f9YDIO\">Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch, <em>The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics can Fix What’s Wrong with America</em></a></p><p><a href=\"http://bit.ly/1gAPvf2\">Gallup Poll: Americans Disapprove of Government Surveillance Programs</a></p><p><em> </em></p>","author_name":"Libertarianism.org"}