Leonard E. Read
1898 - 1983
Titles on this disk:
- author: “I, Pencil: My Family Tree” as told to Leonard E. Read, Dec. 1958
- editor: Toward Liberty: Essays in Honor of Ludwig von Mises, vol. 1
- editor: Toward Liberty: Essays in Honor of Ludwig von Mises, vol. 2
About this person:
Leonard Read, American founder and president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), had a lifelong devotion to educating people about freedom in down-to-earth ways that would stick with them. His most famous essay, “I, Pencil,” was first published in the December 1958 issue of The Freeman. It has influenced generations of economists, including Milton Friedman, through its charm and clarity.