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Interview with Caleb Franz of The MilLiberty Initiative →

October 11, 2018

Caleb Franz interviews me on a wide range of topics, including entrepreneurship, socialism and liberty’s future—October 11, 2018.

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Endorsement of Convention of States →

September 25, 2018

I support efforts by the states to activate Article V of the Constitution, including both the Compact for America and the Convention of States.

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Announcement of "Retirement" →

June 11, 2018

FEE's President, Lawrence W. Reed, announces the commencement of the search for his successor, but this isn’t really “retirement.”

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On Education, Academia, Travel and More--Knowledge Nuggets Interview →

February 1, 2018

Good content alone is rarely sufficient to be a good teacher. One has to communicate in ways that capture attention, motivate and inspire, which means making your message relevant to the times, using stories of real people, appealing to the best in people, exemplifying solid character in everything you do as a teacher.

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For Inspiration, Read this Book

October 30, 2017

FEE President Lawrence W. Reed sat down with Free Market Central for an interview about his newest book.

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Real Heroes: Inspiring True Stories of Courage, Character and Conviction →

October 17, 2017

Liberty is what makes life worth living. You can’t be the unique person you are if you’re coerced into living a life prescribed for you by others with political power. 

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Is There Hope for Latin America? -- An Interview →

June 7, 2017

“I can’t imagine life without liberty, so I am happy to stand up for it. I also can say that I genuinely enjoy working for liberty; I love the work because I love the message and all that it means for humanity.”

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Reed on Education, Millennials, and More →

April 10, 2017

What concerns me most is an education system that devalues liberty itself. I don’t think it’s “higher” education if it teaches discredited notions that undermine liberty, free markets and personal responsibility. 

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What Does the Future Hold for Brazil's Economy? →

March 11, 2017

Even the worst of situations can be turned around with the right policies. 

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Stopping Left-Wing Lies on Campus →

September 1, 2015

The Conservative Book Club interviews me on “Excuse Me, Professor: Challenging the Myths of Progressivism.”

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Excuse Me, Professor: Challenging the Myths of Progressivism →

August 5, 2015

Once you have read it, you will value it as a reference book on its 52 topics for years to come.

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An Interview with the Daily Bell, 2014 →

August 10, 2014

Austrian economics has a long ways to go before it can be considered the predominant school of thought within economics but it is making great strides. 

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Lawrence Reed Interviewed by the Lara-Murphy Report →

June 3, 2014

“When people make sweeping generalizations against a group of people because of their color, we call it racism. When the Pikettys of the world do the same thing against a group of people because of their bank accounts, it’s supposed to be OK?”

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The Liberty Train is Coming--A 2012 Interview →

September 8, 2012

Time to get on board!

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On civil society, opposing communist regimes, etc. →

February 11, 2012

Brad Birzer interviews me for The Imaginative Conservative (2012).

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Austrian Economics and More--An Interview (2011) →

April 1, 2011

Interviewed by Israel Wayne of ChristianWorldview.net (2011) — on Christianity, Austrian Economics, etc.

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When the New York Times Came After Me (2006) →

November 17, 2006

Actually, it wasn’t a bad story.

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Recent “Best of Web”

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Thanks To Public School Funding Cuts, This Five-Year-Old Student Doesn't Know All The Variant Sexual Lusts Adults Can Have
May 20, 2025
Thanks To Public School Funding Cuts, This Five-Year-Old Student Doesn't Know All The Variant Sexual Lusts Adults Can Have
May 20, 2025

Young Logan Traylor was nearing the end of his kindergarten experience and, despite the public education system's best efforts, was discovered to have absolutely no knowledge about the shocking fetishes and perverted interests grown-ups engage in — Babylon Bee.

May 20, 2025
Newsom Distances Himself from Newsom
May 15, 2025
Newsom Distances Himself from Newsom
May 15, 2025

Look up “political scumbag” in the dictionary and you’ll see Newsom’s picture.

May 15, 2025
Does the Bible Teach Blind Obedience to the State?
May 10, 2025
Does the Bible Teach Blind Obedience to the State?
May 10, 2025

The simple answer to the question is No, of course not. And few would argue the point at all. Perhaps then the better question is To what extent does the Bible teach submission to the state? The surprising answer, on closer examination, is not all that much — Jeb Smith.

May 10, 2025

Recent Quotes

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Murphy on America
Feb 11, 2025
Murphy on America
Feb 11, 2025

“The true meaning of America, you ask? It’s in a Texas rodeo, in a policeman’s badge, in the sound of laughing children, in a political rally, in a newspaper. ... In all these things, and many more, you’ll find America. In all these things, you’ll find freedom. And freedom is what America means to the world. And to me” — Actor, poet, and the most decorated American of World War II, Audie Murphy.

Feb 11, 2025
Mill on Freedom
Feb 1, 2025
Mill on Freedom
Feb 1, 2025

“The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.”

Feb 1, 2025
Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
Mar 20, 2023
Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
Mar 20, 2023

“There’s nothing more frightening than a half-baked do-gooder who knows nothing of the world but takes it upon himself to tell the world what’s good for it — from his book, Musashi.

Mar 20, 2023

Recent Blogs

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Leonard Read's classic now in the Telugu Language!
Jun 11, 2025
Leonard Read's classic now in the Telugu Language!
Jun 11, 2025

Photo: With Raghavendar (Ravi) Askani in Atlanta on June 10, 2025, celebrating the translation of “I, Pencil” into Telugu. An estimated 96 million people, mostly in central and southeastern India, speak the language. Leonard Read would be very proud. Ravi is co-founder with Venkatesh Geriti of the Swatantrata Center, publisher of this edition.

Jun 11, 2025
The Chinese FDR
Jun 6, 2025
The Chinese FDR
Jun 6, 2025

FDR’s New Deal of the 1930s was not a carbon copy of Wang Anshi’s New Policies of the 1070s, of course, but they share an activist, centralizing tendency noted by FDR's own Vice President and Agriculture Secretary. Pictured: sketch of Song Dynasty hydraulic grain mill (Wikimedia). Spanish version here: https://informeorwell.com/opinion/las-similitudes-del-new-deal-de-roosevelt-en-1933-y-el-fracasado-programa-economico-chino-de-la-dinastia-song/

Jun 6, 2025
The Origins of Vandalism
Jun 2, 2025
The Origins of Vandalism
Jun 2, 2025

What the barbarians did to Rome, hoodlums on a smaller scale did to Minneapolis, New York, Portland, and Chicago in 2020, but for this significant difference: The ones who assaulted Rome were foreigners.

Jun 2, 2025