WALTER WILLIAMS
is the John M. Olin distinguished professor of economicsat George Mason University. He holds a B.A. from California StateUniversity at Los Angeles and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economicsfrom UCLA. He has received numerous fellowships and awards,including a Hoover Institution National Fellowship and the Valley Forge Freedoms Foundation George Washington Medal of Honor.A nationally syndicated columnist, his articles and essays haveappeared in publications such as
Economic Inquiry
,
AmericanEconomic Review
,
National Review
,
Reader’s Digest
,
Policy Review
and
Newsweek
. Dr. Williams has authored six books, including
The State Against Blacks
(later made into a PBS documentary entitled
Good Intentions
) and
Liberty Versus the Tyranny of Socialism
.
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September 2009 • Volume 38, Number 9
Future Prospects forEconomic Liberty
Walter Williams
Professor of Economics, George Mason University
The following is adapted from a lecture delivered on August 2, 2009, during a HillsdaleCollege cruise from Venice to Athens aboard the Crystal Serenity.
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