David Boaz

David Boaz
Boaz in 2018
Born	David Douglas Boaz (1953-08-29)August 29, 1953 Mayfield, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	June 7, 2024(2024-06-07) (aged 70) Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Writer editor
Alma mater	Vanderbilt University (BA)
Subject	Libertarianism in the United States
Partner	Steve Miller

David Douglas Boaz (/ˈboʊz/; August 29, 1953 – June 7, 2024) was a libertarian author, philosopher and editor. He was a distinguished senior fellow and the executive vice president of the Cato Institute, an American libertarian think tank. Boaz was a prominent advocate for individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and non-interventionist foreign policy.

Boaz authored several works on libertarian philosophy, including Libertarianism: A Primer and The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom.^[1] He was an early proponent of civil liberties, marriage equality, drug policy reform, and school choice, contributing to the mainstream acceptance of these issues in public discourse.^[2][3] Boaz is regarded as a key figure in the development and promotion of modern libertarian thought.