Leonard Read
American academic
Leonard Edward Read was an American businessman, World War I veteran, and libertarian political activist. Read supported the Austrian School of Economics and started the Foundation for Economic Education. He also wrote 29 books and the essay I, Pencil. The magazine he and the Foundation for Economic Education published called The Freeman was something that Ronald Reagan read and Reagan said that it was part of why he became a conservative.
Leonard Read | |
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| Born | September 26, 1898 |
| Died | May 14, 1983 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | American |
| Institution | Foundation for Economic Education (founder) |
| School or tradition | Austrian School |
| Influences | Frédéric Bastiat Murray Rothbard Milton Friedman F. A. Hayek Henry Hazlitt Ludwig von Mises Albert Jay Nock Ayn Rand |
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