Address

Irvington-on-Hudson, New York

History

The Early History of FEE, by Henry Hazlitt, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Mar 1984
Related Topics: Floyd A. "Baldy" Harper, Leonard E. Read

Mission

FEE: The Tradition of Freedom
"FEE's mission is to offer the most consistent case for the 'first principles' of freedom: the sanctity of private property, individual liberty, the rule of law, the free market, and the moral superiority of individual choice and responsibility over coercion."

Staff and Associates

Donald J. Boudreaux President, 1997-2001
Frank Chodorov Editor, The Freeman, 1955-1956
Richard M. Ebeling President, 2003-2008
Bettina Bien Greaves Resident Scholar, Trustee
Floyd A. "Baldy" Harper Economist, 1946-1958
Ludwig von Mises Economic Advisor, 1946-1973
Paul L. Poirot Editor, The Freeman, 1956-1987
Leonard E. Read Founder and first President, 1948-1983
Lawrence Reed President, 2008-
Sheldon Richman Editor, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty
Hans F. Sennholz President, 1992-1997

Articles

How to Become a Teacher [PDF], by Robert LeFevre, The Voluntaryist, Feb 1983
Related Topics: Floyd A. "Baldy" Harper, Rose Wilder Lane
Autobiographical summary of the events in LeFevre's life that led to the founding of the Freedom School
"One set of writings impressed me in particular. A man named Leonard Read had organized a Foundation at Irvington-on-Hudson in New York. ... The Foundation ... was issuing a series of tracts, which, in simple, understandable terms spelled out logical and scientific reasons why private enterprise is superior to a centrally controlled system."
In Memoriam [PDF], by Jeff Riggenbach, ALF News, 2006
Related Topics: Joan Kennedy Taylor, Roy A. Childs, Jr., Barry Goldwater, Charles Murray
Biographical essay covering Joan Kennedy Taylor's varied career
"At the Foundation for Economic Education in the mid-1980s, she served as editorial director of the book publishing program and as an editor of its venerable monthly magazine, The Freeman."

Publications

The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty
Monthly, since 1955

Books Published

Forgotten Lessons: Selected Essays by John T. Flynn
    by John T. Flynn, Foundation for Economic Education, 1995
  • ISBN 1572460156: Paperback, Foundation for Econ Education, 1st edition, 1995
Liberty: A Path to Its Recovery [PDF], by Floyd A. "Baldy" Harper, Hans F. Sennholz (Foreword), Foundation for Economic Education, 1949
Related Topic: Liberty
Electronic text available at the Foundation for Economic Education
  • ISBN 0910614954: Paperback, Foundation for Econ Education, 2nd edition, 1993
The Free Market and Its Enemies: Pseudo-Science, Socialism, and Inflation
    by Ludwig von Mises, Richard M. Ebeling (Introduction), Foundation for Economic Education, 2004
Related Topic: The Free Market
Based on lectures delivered in 1951
The Law, by Claude Frederic Bastiat, Sheldon Richman (Foreword), Walter E. Williams (Introduction), Foundation for Economic Education, 1850
Related Topic: Law
Translated by Dean Russell. Second Edition, Copyright 1998, The Foundation for Economic Education. Electronic text available at The Library of Economics and Liberty.
Three Libertarian Essays
    by Daniel B. Klein, Foundation for Economic Education, 1998
Related Topic: Libertarianism
What Every Investor Should Know About Austrian Economics and the Hard Money Movement
    by Mark Skousen, Foundation for Economic Education, 1988
Related Topic: Austrian Economics

Videos

40th Anniversary of the War on Drugs, 17 Jun 2011
Related Topic: War on Drugs
Presents facts about the costs, economic and human, of the war on drugs, 40 years after Pres. Nixon declared having "turned the corner on drug addiction" in the U.S.

Larry Reed Shares Why He Fights for Liberty & the Future Direction of FEE, by Pete Eyre, The Motorhome Diaries, 22 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Lawrence Reed
Larry discusses how he became involved in the liberty movement, and the history, role and future of FEE
"In coming years, I suspect that FEE will reassert its long-standing position as a kind of ideological mothership of the broader freedom movement."