Archive for Robert LeFevre
Thinking About Freedom
Mr. LeFevre founded and for years presided over the Freedom School in Colorado and has lectured and written extensively in behalf of freedom and the market. Human beings, in their present societies, are like groups of children, playing with their toys in the sand. They shout and scream a good deal about favorite notions and [...]
1Feb1983 | Robert LeFevre | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Abstract Concept of Human Liberty
Robert LeFevre (1911-1986) founded and for years presided over the Freedom School in Colorado. When it comes to using their brains, people fall into various classifications depending on their respective interests. By far, the majority think and talk about people, themselves and others. The focus may range from behavioral examination all the way to gossip. [...]
1Dec1982 | Robert LeFevre | 1 comment | ContinuedThis is Mine
How the concept of ownership might have emerged to undergird production and trade and civilization.
1Oct1979 | Robert LeFevre | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Nature of Work
Let the parent help the child adopt and follow goal-oriented procedures of a constructive nature.
1Jun1979 | Robert LeFevre | 0 comments | ContinuedStart at the Beginning
The fundamentals of economics and our transactions in a free market begin with the private ownership of property.
1Apr1979 | Robert LeFevre | 0 comments | ContinuedSteps to learning
Mr. LeFevre is President of the Freedom School and also has responsibility for the editorial page of the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph in which this editorial was first published, May 11, 1959. The problem of education these days has become insensibly involved with the problem of finding money. Essentially, these are two different problems. But [...]
1Aug1959 | Robert LeFevre | 0 comments | ContinuedShades of Hammurabi
Mr. LeFevre, President of The Freedom School, Inc., also writes the editorials for the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. Senator Ralph W. Allhorn stood straight and tall in the vestibule as he held the door for his wife, Sarah, and her sister, Martha. He had the feeling of supreme accomplishment, a trace of which feeling pushed [...]
1Feb1958 | Robert LeFevre | 1 comment | Continued-
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