PanAm Podcast with Slobodan Franeta: The Balkans is Fertile Soil for Liberty

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Montenegrin economist Slobodan Franeta is a fervent advocate for libertarianism, classical liberalism, and entrepreneurship in the Balkan region. In addition to founding the Montenegro chapter of Students for Liberty, he has founded the Lucha Institute, to promote laissez-faire capitalism in the region, and he's written extensively on the economics of education. Here Franeta discusses how Montenegro, one of the world's youngest nations, came into existence, and the urgent free-market reforms that are needed to revitalize the Montenegrin economy. While Montenegro was founded with principles of economic freedom in mind, Franeta has been concerned by recent governmental pushes for central planning, excessive state budgets, and barriers to free trade. Ultimately, however, he sees a bright future for libertarianism in the region, if some important public policy changes can be made.