All Posts Tagged With: "Paul L. Poirot"
Leonard 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 | ContinuedLabors True Magna Charta
Labor is a commodity whether exchanged directly or indirectly—directly as a service or indirectly as the bag of wheat produced by one’s labor. Since the beginning of 1933 more than 630 million man-days of work have been lost as a direct result of work stoppages, with no account taken of the secondary idleness caused by [...]
1Sep1956 | Paul L. Poirot | 0 comments | ContinuedFlies in the Sugar Bowl
Dr. Poirot is a member of the staff of the Foundation for Economic Education. If anyone seeks an example of the utter and total failure of government intervention as a substitute for the free-market method of satisfying human wants, let him study the sugar situation in the United States. In strict confidence, many an American [...]
1May1956 | Paul L. Poirot | 0 comments | ContinuedPonzi Was a Piker
Dr. Manion, formerly Dean of the Law School of Notre Dame, now practices law in South Bend, Indiana. Latecomers to this troubled world will not remember Charles Ponzi, who stole (among other things) a great portion of the nation’s headlines back in 1920. Ponzi claimed he could double anybody’s money in 90 days. Furthermore, he [...]
1Apr1956 | Dean Clarence E. Manion | 0 comments | ContinuedEconomics, Inter Alia
Dr. Poirot is a member of the staff of the Foundation [or Economic Education. Inter Alia is a Latin phrase meaning “among other things,’” and that is precisely the place to look for the economic policies of the United Nations. Article 55 of the Charter authorizes the United Nations to promote, inter alia, “higher standards [...]
1Mar1956 | Paul L. Poirot | 0 comments | ContinuedLetters
Excerpts From Correspondence of Interest to Libertarians Alumni Funds Dear Mr. S: Your search for a proper answer to the solicitor of funds for “Alma Mater” is a problem which has plagued many a deviant alumnus, including me. It is not that I disagree with everything being taught; it is only that the package, as [...]
1Jan1956 | Paul L. Poirot | 0 comments | ContinuedLetters
Unquestionably, one of the most effective forms of communication is a thoughtful letter written to a person in answer to his own question. The staff members of the Foundation for Economic Education write thousands of such letters each year. Some of these are, in effect, short articles on “general interest” subjects not fully covered in [...]
1Nov1955 | Leonard E. Read | 0 comments | Continued-
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