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Most of us do not like to act in areas where we are confused. To do so might cause more harm than good. The question is: Is there some common fault which serves as the root of all these ills, a fault that can be defined and for which treatment can be prescribed? This tract is one man’s answer — in the affirmative!
Meet the Author
Leonard E. Read
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Leonard E. Read was the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education — the first modern libertarian think tank in the United States — and was largely responsible for the revival of the liberal tradition in post–World War II America.
[From Anything That’s Peaceful: The Case for the Free Market, 1964] As I sat contemplating the miraculous make-up of an ordinary lead pencil, the thought flashed in mind: I’ll bet there isn’t a person...
Only if one understands the subjective theory of value may he proceed logically to a belief in private ownership and control of property.
These students of liberty have not yet learned to answer honestly, “I don’t know; I never will know; no one will ever know.”
References
The Foundation for Economic Eduction, New York, 1950
