during this 90 minute event hosted by the independent institute he is joined by steven hayward of the american enterprise institute and max stackhouse of the theological seminary. >> we are all set. i am redirect your of research for the independent institute. it is a nonpartisan public policy research organization. every year we publish many books. we publish a quarterly journal, the independent review. and we host for a like this both here and at our offices in california. our goal is to enlighten the public and better improve public debate and understanding of social and economic issues. hy want to make a note, congratulate mario on winning the nobel prize for literature. and aside from the obvious merits of this, the war at the end of the world is one of my favorite novels of all time. this is important to us at the independent institute for two reasons. mario has a deeper understanding of the foundation of a free society. as a classical liberal and true scholar behind what makes civil society possible. in addition, mario is the father of outgrow at the independent institute. he i

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