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Apply Liberally is an independent publication launched in September 2024 by Matthew Downhour. I seek to take ideas and thinkers from the classical tradition - people like Adam Smith, Mary Wollstonecraft, Simon Bolivar, Frederick Douglass, and Henry George - and apply their ideas to issues in contemporary politics and society. Your subscription makes this site possible and allows Apply Liberally to continue to exist. Thank you!

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