All Posts Tagged With: "Leonard E. Read"
From the FEE Archives: Leonard Read’s Unpublished Essay on Golf and Curling
In 1955, two years before his writing famous “I, Pencil,” Leonard E. Read wrote an essay on golf and curling that illustrates the importance of keeping exchange at the forefront of economic thought. FEE’s founder was an avid golfer and curler. His point in the essay, however, is not solely about sports but also about [...]
8Mar2011 | Nicholas Snow | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Day FEE Was Called before Congress
In 1950 Leonard E. Read faced one of the most difficult challenges of his life as he prepared to appear before a hostile congressional committee. His friend W. C. Mullendore warned that the committee was out to destroy him: “You should be under no illusion whatever but that the intention is to smear and not look [...]
24Feb2011 | David T. Beito | 2 comments | ContinuedWhat Can Friends of Freedom Learn from the Socialists?
On March 14, 1883, a German philosopher living in exile in London passed away. When he was buried three days later in a modest grave where his wife had been laid to rest two years earlier, fewer than ten people were present, half of them family members. His closest friend spoke at the gravesite and [...]
1Jul2010 | Richard M. Ebeling | 1 comment | ContinuedLeonard E. Read, Crusader
If you had known Leonard E. Read in the 1930s, you would probably not have picked him as a future crusader for the freedom philosophy. Charismatic, energetic, debonair, he was a businessman, an organization man, a Chamber of Commerce man. In 1932, in the depth of the Depression, he became manager of the Western Division [...]
1Sep1998 | Bettina Bien Greaves | 2 comments | ContinuedLeonard Read: Light Giver
September 26 marks the centenary of the birth of Leonard E. Read. Read’s life is proof that one person can change things. In 1946 the prospects for individual liberty, private property, and free markets were bleak. The Great Depression and World War II had fostered an interventionist mentality in the United States. The unhampered market [...]
1Sep1998 | Sheldon Richman | 1 comment | ContinuedHow to Get Action
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. This article is excerpted from Essays on Liberty, Vol. III (1958), pp. 102-109. It is the eighth in a monthly series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mr. Read’s birth. “I want less talk and more action.” Thus speak [...]
1Aug1998 | Leonard E. Read | 1 comment | ContinuedThoughts on FEE’s 50th Anniversary
It is force, not opinion, that queens its way over the world, but it is opinion that looses the force. —Blaise Pascal, 1670 How to get from here to there—from (to supply a current benchmark on massive government) the U.S. $1.7 trillion budget, over to a widespread reaffirmation of the rule of [...]
1Mar1996 | William H. Peterson | 0 comments | Continued-
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