[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":62},["ShallowReactive",2],{"content-body-jan-mosovsky-tales-of-liberty":3,"transcript-jan-mosovsky-tales-of-liberty":59},{"body":4,"extras":56},[5,16,24,32],{"_key":6,"_type":7,"children":8,"markDefs":14,"style":15},"0df238f4231b","block",[9],{"_key":10,"_type":11,"marks":12,"text":13},"0df238f4231bs0","span",[],"This week on the Free Cities Podcast we continue our series of interviews recorded in Prague and my fourth guest is Jan Mošovský.",[],"normal",{"_key":17,"_type":7,"children":18,"markDefs":23,"style":15},"fc9a1de85b7b",[19],{"_key":20,"_type":11,"marks":21,"text":22},"fc9a1de85b7bs0",[],"Jan is the Director of Research at the Liberální Institut (Liberal Institute), a Czech think tank championing the ideas of classical liberalism. He is also the European programs manager at Students for Liberty, the largest libertarian students organisation in the world.",[],{"_key":25,"_type":7,"children":26,"markDefs":31,"style":15},"4668558a9635",[27],{"_key":28,"_type":11,"marks":29,"text":30},"4668558a9635s0",[],"I begin this conversation by asking Jan about his observation that every good story is ultimately libertarian in nature. His answer leads us into an in-depth discussion on libertarianism, liberalism and governance models. Jan has reservations about the viability of the Free Cities model and we discuss where he sees vulnerabilities and potential alternatives.",[],{"_key":33,"_type":7,"children":34,"markDefs":55,"style":15},"17b76b045597",[35,39,44,48,51],{"_key":36,"_type":11,"marks":37,"text":38},"17b76b045597s0",[],"Listening back to our conversation I feel that I should add a small addendum to my side of the dialogue for the point at which we were discussing the possibility of the state coming into a Free City and shutting it down. Since our conversation, I have got further clarification from ",{"_key":40,"_type":11,"marks":41,"text":43},"17b76b045597s1",[42],"em","Próspera",{"_key":45,"_type":11,"marks":46,"text":47},"17b76b045597s2",[]," about the legal treaties in place to mitigate this. There are in fact two, the first being the Central American Dominican Republic Free Trade agreement in which the US is a signatory. Within this treaty is a key clause that guarantees that the property of foreign investors will not be expropriated by another country. This affects ",{"_key":49,"_type":11,"marks":50,"text":43},"17b76b045597s3",[42],{"_key":52,"_type":11,"marks":53,"text":54},"17b76b045597s4",[]," since it has several US investors. The second treaty is the Honduras-Kuwait Treaty in which there are similar clauses that would impact investments made by Kuwaiti nationals.",[],{"pullQuote":57,"appleEmbedUrl":58},"Every good story is ultimately libertarian in nature.","https:\u002F\u002Fembed.podcasts.apple.com\u002Fgb\u002Fpodcast\u002F014-jan-mo%C5%A1ovsk%C3%BD-tales-of-liberty-free-city\u002Fid1655921100?i=1000601399208",{"slug":60,"turns":61},"jan-mosovsky-tales-of-liberty",[],1788817244253]