In 1999, I attended the meetings of the Mont Pelerin Society in Vancouver. People had come from all around the world to this august association founded by economist Friedrich Hayek to meet with their ideological soulmates, their fellow believers in freedom. At the opening banquet, the president of the society, Ramon Diaz, was introduced as someone who had been imprisoned in Uruguay for his pro-freedom views. That information got the attention of many of us in the room. When Ramon Diaz got up to speak, I noticed people leaning forward in anticipation to hear from someone who was arguably a … Continue reading The Joy of Freedom