Prominent libertarian presidential candidate and author Harry Browne has died at home at the age of 72 in Franklin, Tenn. He had suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Lou Gehrig's disease -- for some time, a publicist said. Here a UPI report.
Browne was the Libertarian Party's candidate for president 1996 and again in 2000.
One of Harry Browne's best known books was "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World." He also wrote "Why Government Doesn't Work" and "The Great Libertarian Offer," along with financial and investment books. You can still buy some of Harry Browne's books at Amazon.
Harry Browne and libertarians as a whole have offered excellent policy ideas over many years. Although the Libertarian Party has not historically captured a large number of votes in nationwide elections, many of its ideas have crept gradually into American public policy. By now, there are a number of libertarian-minded individuals in the judiciary, in legislatures across the country, and administrative positions. Sometimes they are conspicuous by what they don't do. Libertarians don't go out of their way to micromanage everyone else's lives with rules and regulations. Like Harry Browne, libertarians have a practical unspoken working motto for most situations: "Live and let live."
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